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# Students:
Learning Goal:
(Content
Standard/Common
Core)
Students will be able to identify key elements of poetry and create their
own found poem based off of the words/phrases chosen from Chapter 1
of Metamorphosis.
Essential
Question(s):
Topical question(s):
Instructional
Objective(s):
Assessment
(Criteria / Look
Formative Assessment:
The creation of their own found poems.
Fors/ Performance
Tasks)
Disabilities/Diverse
Needs Represented
Student
Accommodations
and/or Modifications
Instructional
Procedures
(including specific
times)
Introduction:
(including
motivational hook
where applicable)
Learning Activities:
Summative Assessment:
N/A
Introduction:
T: What is poetry? What are some things we know about poetry?
(Show the two examples of poetry- ask: Are these both poems?)
Learning Activities:
T: Does poetry have to rhyme?
No! But sometimes it does.
T: What is a rhyme scheme? (Show example from PPT)
T: Now, who can come up to the chalkboard and jot down the rhyme
scheme in this poem? (Show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song
Lyrics)
T: Explain free verse. There are no rules to poetry!
T: What is figurative language? Discuss (Use PPT)
Figurative language is used often in poetry and other types of literature.
Closure:
Language Demands:
Function
Vocabulary
Syntax
Discourse
Materials
Notes
PowerPoint presentation
White drawing paper to write (and decorate) their poem on