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Poetry Unit

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Third and fourth graders examine the many writing crafts that poets use to convey their message, such as rhythm, imagery, and repetition. By dissecting a poem into stanzas and analyzing the lines in each stanza, young poets are able to infer the meaning and visualize the picture being painted. 

 

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
poetry, poetry analysis, reading poetry, types of poetry, poetry writing, stanzas, lines, rhyming, rhyming words, rhythm, rhythm patterns, choral reading, mood, imagery, inferences, making inferences, similes, reading with expression, self expression, emotions, expressing feelings, sensory language, text-to-self connections
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Additional Tags
english language arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Count the beats (syllables) in each line of a poem and notice if there is a pattern
  • Extend each lesson by having your students sketch their visualization of the poems they read
  • Invite your students to write their own shape poems (e.g., a cactus shaped poem describing cacti)
Classroom Considerations
  • This is a great opportunity to explore rhyming and multiple meaning words
  • A few of the poems are missing; however, they can easily be searched for or substituted for another poem
Pros
  • There are 14 lessons included
  • Helps to develop fluency through choral reading
Cons
  • A few of the poems are missing