Grade Level(s):  3-6

Subject(s):

        English Language Arts, Health, Music, Science, Social Studies,
        Study Skills, Art

Learner Outcomes:

• The students will utilize the word processor to create examples of the different types of poetry.
• The students will develop an understanding of the different types of poetry by creating their own poems.
• The students will utilize a digital camera.
• The students will write a poem of each type.
• The students will utilize the internet.
• The students will use reference materials such as the thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, dictionary, etc.

Materials:

• Poetry books for further examples
• Poetry packets
• Haiku Hang-up Worksheet
• Thesaurus Dictionary
• Pencil/paper
• Nature music/recordings/CDs
• Tongue depressors, paint, glue, yarn
• Other art supplies

• Digital camera
• Computer with internet access
• Printer
• 3.5 Floppy disks
• Computer with MicroSoft Word

• The teacher will prepare student packets.
• The teacher will collect poetry and reference books.
• The teacher will choose the introductory game to review the poetry types.
• If a digital camera isn't available, the teacher will make assignments for the students to obtain individual photographs.
• The teacher will gather various nature recordings/CDs.

• The teacher will play a game using the worksheet from Lesson 2 for a review of the different types of poetry.  (Example:  Bingo, Concentration)
• DAY 1:    Give the students their poetry packets.  Review cinquain examples from the packet and/or teacher examples from poetry books.  Challenge each child to write his own poem following the cinquain format, incorporating an individual photograph for the topic "Me" to enhance self-concepts.  Store the poem in the student packet and collect.
• DAY 2:    Give the students their poetry packets.  Review Name/Poetry examples from the packet and/or teacher examples from the poetry books.  Challenge each child to write his own poem following the name-poetry formatting, incorporating the student's name.  Decorate their page to illustrate their characteristics.  Collect and store the poetry packets.
• DAY 3:    Give students their poetry packets.  Review haiku examples from the packet and/or teacher examples from the poetry books.  Challenge each child to write his own poem following the haiku poetry format, incorporating the nature theme while listening to nature recordings.  Create Haiku Hang-up to illustrate their haiku.  Collect and store the poetry packets.
• DAY 4:    Give students their poetry packets.  Review the limerick examples from the student packet and/or teacher examples from the poetry books.  Challenge each child to write his own limerick following the limerick format incorporating a social studies theme.  Draw a picture illustrating the limerick.  Collect and store the poetry packets.
• DAY 5:    Give students their poetry packets.  Review the phrase (preposition) examples from the packet and/or teacher examples from the poetry book.  Challenge each child to write his own phrase poetry.  Utilize the Paint Brush on the MicroSoft to create a picture illustrating their poem.

Enrichment Activities:

    "Poetry Power!" @ http://home.earthlink.net/%7Efroggie1/page11.html

Evaluation/Assessment: Teacher observation

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives:
 
 

National Standards:

Language Arts:

• Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of  the writing process.
• Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for reading a variety of literary texts.
• Demonstrates competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning.

Social Studies:

• World History:    Understands the major characteristics of civilization and the development of civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley.

• Geography:    Understands the characteristics and uses of spatial organization of Earth's surface.

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        Poetry Books
 
 

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

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