Writing, Critique, and Revising: Two-Voice Poems (Chapter 14: "Las Ucas/Grapes")

Continue work on the two-piece poem that compares two characters from Esperanza Rising. Give class members a few minutes to finish their drafts. After they have a complete product, model how to critique and edit the poems with one group. Pupils will learn and use the praise-question-suggest protocol to provide specific feedback, and then revise. Refer to lesson plan 13 of this series for setup and instructions for the two-voice poem. The lesson plan also scales back on some of the scaffolding. Less time is spent discussing the text than in previous lessons; however, the reduction in scaffolding feels natural and will be a nice break for learners.

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esperanza rising, pam munoz ryan, collaborative writing, poetry writing, compare and contrast, character analysis, revising writing, the writing process, making inferences, textual evidence, peer editing

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esperanza rising, pam munoz ryan, characterization, poetry, collaborative writing, english language arts

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Resource Details

Grade

5th

Subjects

English Language Arts

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

1 hr

Instructional Strategies

Collaborative Learning

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Year

2013

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Creative Commons

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