Mini lesson Summarize Poems — 5th grade

1. Mini lesson Summarize Poems — 5th grade

2. Connection • We have learned how to analyze text to determine themes or life lessons. • We have also learned how to analyze the structure of texts to determine how the structure leads to the development of a theme and we have compared authors’ approaches to similar themes across texts and genres. • Today we will learn how to annotate and summarize poetry.

3. Teaching • When reading a poem it is important to read the poem closely. • In order to do that you must read the poem several times. • The first time you read the poem it is for enjoyment. • the second time is to identify and interpret figurative language using annotations. • the third time is to understand the tone and mood of the poem. • After reading the poem three times, you are then able to summarize the poem.

4. Let’s begin with the poem The Echoing Green by William Blake. • I will read the poem aloud the first time for enjoyment. • The second time we read the poem I want you stop me when you hear figurative language. • The third time we read the poem we are going to determine the tone and mood of the poem.

7. Now that we have read the poem three times we are able to look at the annotations and summarize the poem. • When we summarize a text makes sure to use your own language to describe the main idea of each stanza. • Let’s use the right side of the sheet to summarize the main idea of each stanza.

10. Guided Practice • You will work on an independent practice sheet. • You will work with a partner to read apoem three times, identify the figurative language, and then summarize each stanza.