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Jenna Komarin Shared Reading: Something Told The Wild Geese by Rachel Field Lesson Date: 10.25.11 Source: Text Savvy Shared Reading Cycle

PURPOSE: Day Two: Locating oneself in the text

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: Students will be asked to notice specific words and images that give meaning to the poem as well as start to identify some of the poem’s ‘big ideas.’

STANDARDS: R–5–14.2 Reading from a wide range of genres/kinds of text and a variety of authors (e.g., literary, informational, and practical texts) (Local) R–5–14.3 Reading multiple texts for depth of understanding an author, subject, theme, or genre (Local) R–5–4.5 Identifying literary devices as appropriate to genre: rhyme, alliteration, simile, dialogue, imagery, or simple metaphors (Local) R–5–16.1 Comparing stories or other texts to related personal experience, prior knowledge, or to other books (Local) R–5–16.2 Providing relevant details to support the conclusions made (Local)

Lesson component What the teacher says ….

Connection: Yesterday we started to preview this poem. We noticed a number of 1 minute important qualities that poems have…including rhyming words, capitalization of the first word of every line, one big stanza instead of separate smaller stanzas, etc. Today we will work find specific words and images that we notice, and we’ll also consider what the author is trying to tell us through this poem—what are the ‘big ideas’ of the poem? Teaching and Active Let’s do an echo read of the poem. I want you to follow along with your Engagement: eyes as you go. Repeat after me…

-use document Q: What are some specific words and images that you like? I want you to camera and have underline words or images that you think are meaningful and be prepared them come to the rug to share with the group after everyone has a chance to look it over. with pencils Good! Q: What are some ‘big ideas’ that this poem might be dealing with? 8 minutes Closure: As good readers we’re spending time looking carefully at the words, 1 minute images, and themes that we start to see in the poem. This will help us to really dig into the ‘big ideas’ tomorrow.

Jenna It looks fine. Hold to your plan, and you will need to stay within 10 minute time frame tomorrow, due to some schedule changes. See you tomorrow, Maureen Something Told the Wild Geese

Something told the wild geese It was time to go. Though the fields lay golden Something whispered, --“Snow.” Leaves were green and stirring, Berries luster-glossed, But beneath warm feathers Something cautioned, --“Frost.” All the sagging orchards Steamed with amber spice, But each wild beast stiffened At remembered ice. Something told the wild geese It was time to fly, -- Summer sun was on their wings, Winter in their cry.

-Rachel Field