Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
2015
December 2,
1. Objectives
o The students will deepen or further their understanding of poetry.
o The students will be able to recognize various types of poems.
o The students will be able to understand concepts and basic terms in
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poetry.
The students will be able to identify certain pattern poems, such as
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and
some of its basic elements, such as its terms and various concepts.
Students will be shown the What is Poetry? video to express to them
the importance of poetry. It will allow them to see that poetry is an
expression of self and that it can be found in everyday life. This lesson
will be done at the beginning of the year in order for students to get to
The students will be asked to create a poem for each of the five
examples mentioned in the big book. Again, the examples are haiku,
limericks, cinquains, concrete poems, and acrostic poems. They will be
asked to decorate their books according to the theme they selected, as
well. Each book will have five poems, a page describing the type of
or those offered.
After the books are finished, the class will have a poetry party in which
they will present their book and chosen theme and read their work to
their classmates.
o After presentations, the books will be turned in to be graded.
6. Classroom Discussion
o Before reading the big book, we will have a class discussion about
poetry, why we need to learn it, its importance, and the basic terms
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involved in it.
While reading the book, students will discuss the five different types of
poems listed in the text. We will also discuss how my big book talks
about my interests and how its information can be taught in a science
setting.
After the book is read, the students will discuss how poetry allows
students to express themselves and to share about themselves and
where they came from, who they are, and what they like.
o Students will discuss and present their books in a class presentation.
7. Academic vocabulary
o Defining, Identifying, Recalling Prior Knowledge, Brainstorming,
Planning, Creating, Finalizing, Proof Reading
8. Assessment and Evaluation
Students poetry book will be graded based on the rubric listed under
Resources.
Value Added:
1. Lexile score : Not Applicable
2. Resource(s)
o Poems of the Deep Blue Sea
o For Definitions - http://poeticterminology.net/
o Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7saqOf6_Q
o Rubric - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/ttgoVqvBwMI/UVMPE_soxFI/AAAAAAAACIQ/TIm5IsfotI/s1600/Slide20.PNG
3. Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
o Students will be given little versions of the big book to keep in their
reading folders or to staple into their notebooks. This little big book
can be used as a source to reference the different types of poems and
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their structures.
Poetry allows English Language Learners to freely express themselves
with minor restrictions and a limited vocabulary. Its universality can
permit the students to read, write, and learn poems in their own
language. It can help the students merge their different worlds and
allow their peers to learn about their culture. I would allow students to