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Poetry Unit of Study

Click on any writing on the wall to find out about this unit of study!. Objectives. Mentor Texts. How to read a poem. How to begin writing a poem. Looking Through a Poet's Eyes - Using Poetry to Paint a Picture. Word Choice. Line Breaks - Giving words POWER!. Ideas for other lessons?. Objectives In

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Poetry Unit of Study

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    1. Poetry Unit of Study Created by Lauren Bagley

    2. Click on any writing on the wall to find out about this unit of study!

    3. Objectives In this unit, students will be learning… how to read poetry how to pick appropriate subjects for poems how to look at the world through a Poet’s Eyes by describing seemingly menial things through touch, taste, scent, sight, and hearing how word choice affects poems how to use line breaks to make words powerful how to utilize mentor texts to improve their own writing

    4. Professional Mentor Texts A Poem for Every Day! An Anthology of 180 Poems with Activities to Enhance Your Teaching, Susan Morger, Scholastic, 2006 A Year Full of Poems, Collection, Oxford, 1991 A Writer’s Notebook, Ralph Fletcher, Harper Trophy, 1996 After the End, Barry Lane, Heinemann, 1993 For the Good of the Earth and Sun: Teaching Poetry, Georgia Heard, Scholastic, 1989 Kid’s Poems: Teaching Third and Fourth Graders to Love Writing Poetry, Regie Routman, Scholastic, 2000 Live Writing: Breathing Life into Your Words, Ralph Fletcher, Avon Books, 1999

    5. Mentor Texts for Students

    6. Reading Like a Poet When I was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant, Puffin, 1982

    7. Looking Through a Poet’s Eyes Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color, Mary O’Neill, Doubleday, 1961 In November, Cynthia Rylant, Harcourt, 2000 Names for Snow, Judi K. Beach, Hyperion, 2003 Owl Moon, Jane Yolen, Penguin, 1987 Plum, Tony Mitton, Scholastic, (text) 1998, (illustrations) 2003

    8. Line Breaks Dragons, Dragons and Other Creatures that Never Were, Eric Carle, Philomel Books, 1991 Love that Dog, Sharon Creech, Harper Trophy, 2001 Owl Moon, Jane Yolen, Scholastic, 1987

    9. Epic Poems: Poems That Tell a Story Hello, Harvest Moon, Ralph Fletcher, Clarion Books, 2003 Letting Swift River Go, Jane Yolen, Little, Brown, and Company, 1995 Love that Dog, Sharon Creech, Harper Trophy, 2001 The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein, Harper Collins, 1964 Twilight Comes Twice, Ralph Fletcher, Houghton Mifflin, 1997

    10. Alliteration A Pocketful of Stars: Poems About the Night, Nikki-Siegen-Smith, Barefoot Books, 1999 Hello, School! A Classroom Full of Poems, Dee Lillegard, Random House, 2001 Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg, Frances Schoonmaker Bolin, Scholastic, 1995 Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll, Edward Mendelson, Scholastic, 2000

    11. Nonsensical Poems A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein, Harper Collins, 1981 Poetry for Young People: Lewis Carroll, Edward Mendelson, Scholastic, 2000 There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!, Dr. Suess, Random House, 1974 Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein, Harper Collins, 2004

    12. Mini-Lesson: How to read a Poem

    13. Mini-Lesson: Writing a Poem

    14. Sunrise in Washington

    15. Looking Through a Poet’s Eyes: Using Poetry to Paint a Picture

    16. Mini-Lesson: Word Choice

    17. Mini-Lesson: Giving Words POWER!

    18. “Fireworks” by Gareth Lancaster

    19. Ideas for Other Mini-Lessons Cinquians Haikus Freeverse Epic Poems (using poems to tell a story) Alliteration Sound words Nonsensical Poems (poems with made-up words)

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