Procedures
The Unit beings with the teacher handing out the Poetry Notebook worksheet, and going over that worksheet with the students. Once the teacher has gone over the Notebook, the teacher takes the students to the library, so they can do an assignment that is my own take on a WebQuest/I-Search, with the subject of poetry. They have the hour to do the assignment, which is more than just finding things on line but asking them how they found them and requiring them to think about why these questions being asked are important. What they don’t finish in class they have the rest of the unit to finish on their own time. The following day, the teacher begins with a Bell Work question, and then introduces the students to Free Verse poetry. There is a classroom reading from In Just by E.E. Cummings, to show the students that Poetry is more than just words – it transcends words, and can be used to invoke images. Then the students will be allowed to write their own Free Verse poem, with a twist – once written, the students will go to a computer, magazine, news paper, or simply draw with a pen and paper, and find pictures that tell their poem. This assignment is called the ‘Free Verse Pictury.’ Students will have the remainder of the hour to finish it, and perhaps some of the following day if time allows, otherwise, what they don’t finish they can finish on their own time. The third day begins with bell work and an introduction and reading of Haiku poems, and then an overview of Cinquains. The teacher then hands out the Cinquain and Haiku graphic organizer, and breaks the students up into groups so that they can come up with poems in groups and fill the worksheet out in groups. What they don’t finish they can finish on their own time. The fourth day, after bell work, the teacher is given a power-point presentation, and the students take notes while the teacher goes over this power-point presentation and explains the concept of a sonnet. Following this, the students will go home and write their own sonnet; a rough draft that they bring back to class. A rubric goes home with them so that they know what they are looking to do. The next day, they are broken up into groups and follow through with the peer review of the process, and a worksheet is handed out to help them through the process. Once the students have completed the peer review process, they are allowed to take their sonnet and type up the final product.
All of the assignments are included in a Poetry Notebook that’ve been introduce to since day one, which is collected at the very end of the unit. A notebook worksheet is handed out on day one, detailing what is required of them on the notebook and how it’s supposed to be organized.
All of the assignments are included in a Poetry Notebook that’ve been introduce to since day one, which is collected at the very end of the unit. A notebook worksheet is handed out on day one, detailing what is required of them on the notebook and how it’s supposed to be organized.
Approximate Time: 1 week to 1-1/2 Weeks
Prerequisite Skills: Reading and Writing
Prerequisite Skills: Reading and Writing
Accomodation for Differentiated Instructions
Resource Student
The resource student will be given more time and hands on instruction on matters. They will also be included in the group work, so that the other students can scaffold them.
Non-Native English Speaker
ELS students will have the same benefit that Resource Pulls students do – they will be given a little more hands on instruction on the matters, and they will be included in group work, so their peers can help scaffold them.
Gifted Student
Gifted students will have a chance to excel by being able to go above and beyond the standard – there is plenty of chance to do more than what is required.
Resource Student
The resource student will be given more time and hands on instruction on matters. They will also be included in the group work, so that the other students can scaffold them.
Non-Native English Speaker
ELS students will have the same benefit that Resource Pulls students do – they will be given a little more hands on instruction on the matters, and they will be included in group work, so their peers can help scaffold them.
Gifted Student
Gifted students will have a chance to excel by being able to go above and beyond the standard – there is plenty of chance to do more than what is required.
