Poetry Lesson XVII March 5, 2013 Overview: Today we will be writing our home metaphor poems using the

he 5 senses graphic organizer that we completed yesterday about what we see, hear, smell, taste and feel in our homes. Time: 50 minutes Common Core Standards: - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. (Reading: Literature Standard) - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5a Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps). (Language Standard) - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. Objective: - Students will be able to explain that a metaphor compares two things without the use of like or as. They often use is, has or are in the comparison. - Students will be able to write a metaphor poem about their home using the 5 senses graphic organizer they produced yesterday. Their poem will have at least five lines. Materials: - Book: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss - Book: Uptown by Bryan Collier - Students copies of 5 Senses graphic organizer - Students writing notebooks Vocabulary: - Poetry: to paint a picture with words - Stanza: a group of poetic lines - Imagery: when words create a picture in your mind - Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates the sound it represents (chirping crickets) - Alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds (example, massive, magnificent for the elephant poem) - Simile: the comparison of two unlike things using like or as - Metaphor: the comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. Introduction/Beginning - So yesterday we worked on creating a graphic organizer that had all the things we smell, hear, see, taste and feel in our homes. Today we are going to be creating metaphors from

our graphic organizer to write descriptive poems about our homes. Just like the author of Uptown painted pictures for us with his words, we want to do the same for our readers. Guidance Independence/Middle - Looking at your graphic organizers, who can give me a metaphor for their home. If I look at mine, I might say: - Home is chicken enchiladas with bright red chili sauce - Home is mama saying I am happy you are home! - Home is slobbery dog kisses - What are some examples you can give about your home? Home is. - I was reading over your graphic organizers last night. You all have wondering descriptions of what your home is. I noticed though that it looks like some of you need a little more time to fill in some of the columns. That is no problem at all. When we head back to our desks, you will complete your graphic organizer before you start your poem. - I am going to explain how to create the Home poem first though so that whenever you finish your graphic organizer you will be all set to go writing your home poem. - Lets look at my graphic organizer together. Our jobs today is to write a poem from our graphic organizer. You will need to have at least five lines and each line will start with Home is. You can see how I wrote my poem right here I wrote home is and then I looked at my graphic organizer and thought, which description do I want to use? How about slobbery dog kisses. So, I have Home is slobbery dog kisses. That is one line. I need four more. - I will leave my graphic organizer and poem up here as an example. In just a minute your job is going to be to head back to your desk. Then, depending on where you are, you will either finish your graphic organizer or begin writing your home poem. - Ms. Nelson and I will be looking for students who get started right away and are not talking to their neighbors. I am sure we will catch a lot of people to spread out. - Pass out graphic organizers and writing notebooks. Closure/End - Wow, I saw a lot of really hard workers. Lets come up to the rug. Go ahead and bring your writing notebooks. - Would anyone like to sit in the authors chair and share the poem they wrote?