Teacher: Mr.

Torrance Jones
Grade Level/Subject Area: 4th Grade/Literacy and Writing
Standard: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama,
and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama
(e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or
speaking about a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the
development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific
expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)

Learning Objective: Given a poem, students will be able verify the meter, rhythm,
and verse within the poem with 80% accuracy.
Given a topic, students will be able to compose a haiku and limerick with 80% accuracy.
Given a set of rhyming words, students will be able create a free verse poem with 80%
accuracy.

Required Materials: Writing notebook, construction paper, computers/laptops, poetry

handouts, youtube video, smart board, animoto, poetry4kids.com

Anticipatory Set: We will start the lesson with some youtube videos of a few different
Poets for a few minutes. I will then recite an exciting poem to grab the attention of the
students to show the passion behind poetry.
Given a poem, students will be able verify the meter, rhythm, and verse.
Given a topic, students will be able to compose a haiku and limerick.
Given a set of rhyming words, students will be able create a free verse poem.

Instruction: The lesson we are learning is on understanding poetry and its literary
techniques. Students will also learn how to compose their own limerick and haiku.
(5-10 mins) I will provide direct instruction to the whole class on the elements that make up a
poem such as line, stanza, meter, verse, and rhythm. The instruction will come from poetry
handouts given to the class that will be displayed on the smart board.
(5-10 mins) Introduce different styles of poetry to the class by calling on students to read
aloud the different poems. (read 2 from poetry4kids.com, will read haiku and limerick I have
designed.
(15-20 mins) Using computers or laptops student will now work independently on typing a
haiku, limerick and a free verse poem. Students will design a poster with their typed poems.

Independent Practice/Assessment: Students will be given the topic my

biography. Students will use a computer or laptop to compose a biography in limerick and
haiku form. Students will be given a list of rhyming words on the white board. Students will
take a computer or laptop then write a free verse poem. They will design a poetry project by
printing out the poems and putting them on construction paper. Students can draw or decorate
the poster with items that fit the theme of the poems. The assignment will be collected graded
and returned to students with feedback on proper poetry writing styles. The feedback will
include knowing the difference in styles of poetry.

Closure: To bring the lesson to a close we will do a class animoto presentation. We will
take a picture of each students poem then have them read it aloud to add to the presentation.
The student can pick which poem they want to read for the slide show. This is a way that we
can promote peer interaction, have several styles of poetry to reflect on and gathering
understanding on expressing feelings through writing poetry.