11.6 Poetry
11.6 Poetry
11.6 Poetry
Essential Questions:
What is identity and how is it shaped? What makes a successful poem? How do similes, metaphors, and other figures of speech, along with sound devices, help the reader/listener experience a poem?
Content Vocabulary
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Other Evidence
Literacy Journal which will include: o Double-Entry Journal The students will make a 2 column chart in their notebooks with the titles Figurative device and Refers to Students will write quotations from what they read and interpret the figurative language. o Dialogue Journal the student will write an entry, the teacher (or a peer) will write a response directly in the journal, the student will respond, and so on. o Reading Response Journal Students will answer response questions on their silent or group reading as assigned by the teacher. o Reading Log Students will record titles and pages read each day. o New Vocabulary Personal Word Wall Students will record unfamiliar words they encounter throughout the unit. They will use context clues and reference materials to find the meanings of the words. Anecdotal evidence of comprehension and participation collected during discussions and group work Headline Poem (see attachment: 11.6 Other Evidence Headline Poem) Four-Square Graphic Organizer for "The Esquimos Have No Word for 'War'" (see attachment: 11.6 Learning Activity Poetic Terms Four Square). Student responses should include complete and correct definitions and accurate identification of examples. Heart Map (see attachment: 11.6 Other Evidence Heart Mapping Activity) 2
Ode to Poem
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Unit 11.6: Create! English as a Second Language 6 weeks Stage 3 - Learning Plan Learning Activities
Poetic Terms Use attachment 11.6 Learning Activity Poetic Terms Four Square to help explain the poetic terms for this unit (alliteration, assonance, simile, and rhyme.) The poetry handbook at http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/handbook/a.html is a good aid for definitions. Students should record definitions and then look through provided poems and anthologies in the classroom to find examples of each. Students should continue to look for examples of the poetic devices throughout the unit and record them either on the same handout or on their personal word walls in their Literacy Journals. Students will work through the reflection questions and steps in attachment 11.6 Other Evidence Mapping the Heart Activity to map their hearts and produce a visual product showing the people, things, and topics that are important to them. This heart can be kept in their Literacy Journals to refer to whenever they need a topic to write about. The teacher will spend time during each class period reading poems aloud. This is an opportunity for the teacher to model appropriate technique for presenting poetry orally and to expose the students to a variety of poetry styles, figurative language, rhythm, rhyme, etc. Students will keep a log of the poems they hear as well as those they read during the unit. Students will choose one poem each class period on which to write a response identifying the elements of poetry exemplified and their personal reaction to the poem (see attachment: 11.6 Learning Activity Poetry Response Journal). After reading The Esquimos Have No Word for War, the students will work independently or in pairs to identify and record examples of each of the four poetic terms (alliteration, assonance, simile, and rhyme) on a fresh copy of the four-square graphic organizer (see attachment: 11.6 Learning Activity Poetic Terms Four Square). The students will analyze the poem Ode to Pablos Tennis Shoes (see attachment: 11.6 Learning Activity Soto Ode). Students will read it individually, with a partner, and listen to it read aloud with the whole class. The teacher will explore the poem with the class by focusing on form (an "Ode" celebrates a subject), mood (how the poem makes you feel), and figurative Language (similes and metaphors). Using attachment 11.6 Learning Activity Evidence, students will reread the poem writing what they learned about Pablo in the left column and evidence from the poem that supports their statements in the right column.
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Additional Resources
Literature Connections
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June 2012 Adapted from Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe