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Daily Lesson Planning Tool

Course/Grad Scho Teacher: Krystal Ucci e: Englsh, 6th Grade ol: Passage Middle School

Unit # and Title: Unit # 9 --- Poetry Date of Lesson: 4/14/2011 Pd: 1-3 Lesson Topic/Title: Introduction to Poetry : Figurative Language and Types of Poems

6.3 The student will read and learn the meanings of unfamiliar words and phrases. b. Identify analogies and figurative language. 6.4 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. b. Use knowledge of narrative and poetic structures to aid comprehension and SOL/Objective/Learning Goals: predict outcomes. Essential Question: How do poets use figurative language and form to purposefully affect their readers?

Lesson Component Teacher Student  The TW instruct students to take out  TSW take out their Do Now Journals their Do Now Journals and complete the and read the poem, “How to Eat a Do Now, which is posted on the Poem” by Eve Merriam and write a SmartBoard. personal response addressing three o The Do Now will ask students to questions which are posted on the read the poem “How to Eat a SmartBoard. Poem” by Eve Merriam and write a personal response. o Students should address the following questions: 1) What do you think this poem means? Engage 2) Why do you think the author & Hook wrote this poem? 3) Do you agree with the (15 mins) message that is being sent?

 The TW read the poem out loud to the students.

 The TW then ask students to conduct a  TSW conduct a “Think, Pair, Share.” “Think, Pair, Share” and be prepared to TSW partner up and share their share with the rest of the class. responses to the Do Now Writing o Students will turn to a partner and Prompt. share their response to the Do Now Writing Prompt.

 TW call on students to share their  TSW share their responses with the responses with the whole class. rest of the class.

8/7/2008  The TW instruct students to take out  TSW take out their ISNs and update their Interactive Student Notebooks and their Table of Contents. update their Table of Contents with the following information: o Title: Figurative Language and Types of Poetry NOTES o Date: 4/14/2011 o Page Number: 101

 The TW instruct studnets to flip their ISN  TSW flip their ISN to page 101 and to page 101 and write the title on the write the title on the page. page. Explain  The TW display the Figurative Language  TSW take notes on the teacher’s & Model Figurative Language and Types of (30 mins) and Types of Poetry SmartBoard Notebook and begin today’s lesson. The Poetry SmartBoard Notebook TW discuss and provide examples of the presentation. following poetic terms: o TSW be instructed to record o Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, the definition AND the Repetition, Rhyme, Imagery, examples. Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Haiku, Ballad, Limerick, Ode, and Free Verse. o Definitions and examples of each will be displayed in the SmartBoard Notebook presentation.

Explore  The TW display the lyrics to the song  TSW silently read through “Love Story” & Apply titled, “Love Story,” by Taylor Swift on by Taylor Swift which is posted on the (15 mins) the SmartBoard by using the Document SmartBoard by using the Document Camera (Doc Cam) and ask students to Camera (Doc Cam) silently and independently read through the lyrics.  TSW determine what type of poem the  The TW ask students if they can identify song lyrics are by referring to their what type of poem the song lyrics are. ISNs. The TW remind students to use their notes. The TW call on students to provide answers.  TSW listen to the teacher read the  The TW read the poem out loud to the poem out loud. students.

 The TW play the song for the students.  TSW listen to the song play.

 The TW tell the students that they are now going to annotate the poem for its figurative language.

 The TW instruct students to take 30 seconds and see how many instances of  TSW re-read the poem, looking for all figurative language they can find within instances of figurative language. the poem.

June 6, 2007  The TW call on students to come up to the Doc Cam and annotate the lyrics.  TSW take turns coming up to the Doc o Students must underline the Cam to annotate the poem/lyrics for words/letters/lines under current figurative language. examination and then write what figurative language those words/letters/lines represent in the margins.  The TW explain to the students that they  TSW listen to the teacher’s will be taking a mini-assessment on instructions. today’s content. It will count as a quiz grade. The mini-assessment will cover figurative language and types of poetry. The TW tell the students that they are going to take the test in a unique format…..It will not be paper/pencil.

 The TW distribute the SENTEO remotes  TSW receive a SENTEO remote from to the students and explain how to use the teacher and follow the teacher’s them. instructions. Evaluate & Close  The TW “Start The Class” and then  TSW take the Figurative Language (20 mins) “Start the Quiz.” and Types of Poetry mini-assessment by submitting/inputting their answers  As each question is displayed on the through the SENTEO remote. SmartBoard, the TW read the question and answer choices out loud. The teacher will move from question to question once every student has finished.

 Once the quiz is complete, the TW  TSW return their SENTEO remotes. instruct one person from each table to collect the SENTEO remotes and return it to the box.

June 6, 2007