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Halibut Lesson Plans
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Students write original color poems based on the poems in the book, "Hailstones and Halibut Bones." They select a color, develop a list of adjectives and characteristics, write a poem, and create a drawing.
Students listen to Hailstones and Halibut Bones and write color poems. In this color poems lesson, students create a graphic organizer to discover their feelings about color. Students use models from the book to design original color poems.
Students read Mary O'Neill's book "Hailstones and Halibut Bones". They write color poems modeled on the book and consider the function of adjectives in writing.
Explore feelings in poems using this resource. Learners choose colors that represent the feelings expressed in the poem. They discuss the meaning of simile and metaphor and use these devices in a poem of their own creation.
Students listen as the teacher reads several poems from the book "Hailstones and Halibut Bones," "My Many Colored Days," and a teacher created poem. Students choose a color and share some brainstorming ideas with the class. They write a rough draft of their color poem, peer conference and edit. Students mount the final copy of their poem on black construction paper cut to resemble a drop fo paint.
Learners read "Hilburt The Halibut," and discuss the verbs in the story. Using the overhead projector, and a copy of the story on a transparency, the class examine the verbs and identify all the past tense verbs within the story.
Students, after reading Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill, create color poems. They discuss the author's use of imagery, personification, and unique expressions. They select a color and write a poem about it.
Students write a color poem with a color, a noun, and their two adjectives in each line. They can start each line with the color or the noun, as long as the adjectives are put where they make sense.
Students study the ecology, habitats, geographic range and feeding habits of narwhals. They determine at least three reasons for the decline in the narwhal populations and complete the accompanying worksheets.
Write poems about color relating it to particular images. Add similes and digital photos to the poems and use software to create a short presentation of their color.
