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Poetry Observation 5
Poetry Observation 5
Poetry Observation 5
April13,2016
PoetryLesson
Grade2FrankDefinoCentralElementarySchool
Title:DescriptiveSummerPoems
EssentialQuestions:
Whatstrategiescanweusetomakeourpoemscreatepicturesinourreadersminds?
Whatstrategiescanweusetocomprehendanddiscusspoetry?
Standards:
02.RL.10,Bytheendoftheyear,readandcomprehendliterature,includingstoriesandpoetry,
inthegrades23textcomplexitybandproficiently,withscaffoldingasneededatthehighendof
therange.
LearningObjectives
Assessments
SWBATread,comprehend,discuss,andwritepoems
aboutsummer.
Discussion,studentpoems
SWBATusedescriptivewordstowritepoemsabout
summer.
Wordcharts,poems
Materials:
Summerpictures
Poemcopies
Clipboards
Youtube,gospelmusic
Preparedfliboard
PriorKnowledge
Studentshavepriorexperiencewithdescriptivepoetry,synonyms,antonyms,andsimiles.
InstructionalPlan
15minutes:
DoNow:Studentswillreceiveaclipboardandaworksheet.Differentpicturesofsummerwillbe
postedaroundtheroom.Studentswillhave30secondsoneminuteateachpicturetothinkof12
descriptivewordsforit,andwillthenscootchtothenextpicture.Thisactivityisdesignedto
preparestudentsforwhenwewillgeneratealistofwordsaboutsummer.Studentswillsitdown
andreviewtheirlist,thensharethemostinterestingwordstheycameupwithwiththeirgroup.
Groupswillshare12ofthemostinterestingwordstheyheardwiththeclass.
2530minutes:
Ms.Coleywillintroducethepoem,Knoxville,TennessebyNikkiGiovannibybeginningwith
vocabularyandfindingthecityslocationonamap.
Studentswillfirstlisten,thenfollowalongasMs.Coleyreadsthepoem,"Knoxville,Tennesse,"
twice.Ms.Coleywillleaddiscussionaboutpoempostreading,andbegintotalkaboutwords
usedinthepoemtodescribesummer.
DiscussionQuestions:
Whatfoodsdoesthepoetliketoeatinthesummer?Turnandtalk.
Whatdoesthepoetliketodointhesummer?Turnandtalk.
Studentswillcircleasmanydetailsaboutbothinpoemaspossible.
Ms.Coleywillhelpstudentsgeneratealistofwordsaboutsummerbyaskingquestionsand
recordingwordresponses.
Questions(studentswillcloseeyestoimagine):
Whatdoyouliketodoforfuninsummer?
Wheredoyouliketogo?
Whatdoyouliketoeatanddrink?
Ms.Coleywillmodelhowtobeginherpoemaboutsummer,modelingGiovannisfirstline.
Attentiontofindingwordsthatwillhelpstudentsmakepicturesintheirmind.Studentswill
thenusescaffoldedworksheettowriteapoemaboutsummer.
Whenstudentsfinishtheirsummerpoem,theywillfreewriteapoemabouttheirfavoriteseason.
Closure:
12studentscanvolunteertoreadtheirpoems.Aftereach,studentswillconsider:
whattheylikedabouttheirpeerspoem
whatwordstheyheardthathelpedthemmakepicturesintheirmind
whatideasthegotfortheirownwritingbylisteningtotheirpeerspoem
Explainthattomorrowwewillcontinuewritingpoems.
Modifications:
Duringpoetrywriting,Ms.Coleywilltakeasmallgroupinthebackoftheclassroomtohelp
lowerlevelstudentsjumpstartthewritingprocess.Lowerlevelstudentswillalsohave
differentiatedworksheet
Name___________________________________________Date________________________
Poetry Scootch
Picture
Number
1
2
3
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Descriptive Word
Name___________________________________________Date________________________
Name___________________________________________Date________________________
My Summer Poem
I always like summer
best
you can eat ________________________
and _________________________________
and _________________________________
and lots of __________________________
you can hear the ___________________
at the _______________________________
and see the _________________________
at the ________________________________
in summer it is fun to _____________________
and _________________________________________
and _________________________________________
and__________________________________________
in summer,
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Name___________________________________________Date________________________
My ___________________________Poem
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