Poetry Unit Plan D H LAWRENCE SHELBY HUTT

Poetry Unit Plan D. H. LAWRENCE SHELBY HUTT

Language Arts � 15 Language Arts Lessons �New poem each week � 5 th grade level �Each day has a focus every week, so students can come to expect what type of activities they will be doing.

Schedule & Standards Schedule Standards � Monday: � Poem Introduction, vocabulary introduction, and meaningful discussions of the meaning of the poem using vocabulary words. � � Tuesday: Rhyme Scheme & writing � Wednesday: Vocabulary Use of dictionary & thesaurus � Friday: Style � Thursday: Game to assess Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e. g. , graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, and poem). By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4– 5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. � � A. Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e. g. , headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. c. Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e. g. , in contrast, especially). d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Week One: Piano Weekly Terms to Know 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Rhyme Slant Rhyme Stanza Rhyme Scheme Style Mood Synonym Nostalgia Weekly Vocabulary List � Dusk � Vista � Poised � Spite � Insidious � Betray � Weep � Hymn � Vain � Clamor � Appassionato � Glamour

Week One Highlights �Students will learn rhyme scheme �Students will write an AABB patterned poem (Like Piano) �Students will have meaningful, teacher facilitated discussion, as well as small group discussions �Students will learn synonyms, and learn to use a thesaurus �Students will play BINGO (game of the week) using boards they made that consist of Vocabulary, Literary terms to Know and Synonyms of Vocabulary Words

Week Two: I am like a Rose Weekly Terms to Know 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Rhyme Stanza Rhyme Scheme Style Mood Abstract Antonym Simile Weekly Vocabulary List �Achieve �Mellow �Issue �Fellow �Heaving �Limpid �Culminate/Culmination �Sheer �Stark

Week Two Highlights �Students will develop and ‘I am poem’ mimicking Lawrence's poem I am like a Rose �Students will learn antonyms �Students will use antonyms to find opposites with vocabulary words �Game of the week: ‘Jeopardy’

Week 3: Intimates Weekly Terms to Know 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Rhyme Stanza Rhyme Scheme Style Mood Diction Humor Weekly Vocabulary List �Bitter (Bitterly) �Address �Proper �Request �Headquarters �Matters �Supreme �Authority

Week Three Highlights �Students will construct a humorous poem �Students will learn the importance of diction with various activities (mad libs) Student’s humor poems will be typed up with blank lines replacing some verbs, nouns and adjectives. They will be handed out at random, and without reading students will replace these words with new ones Students will see how much more silly it sounds with random words, and therefore understanding the importance of diction. �Use synonyms and antonyms in one activity to demonstrate new knowledge of them both at the same time