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Lesson Overview
This lesson is to expose students to similes and
applying them to a "Like What" poem. This is 1 of 9 lessons
which 8 are VTEL.
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Standards Based Goal
Through the exploration of different poetry
styles, students will apply figurative language and/or parts of speech to create their
own poetry portfolio.
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Student Objectives
1. Students will identify six out of eight similes on
practice sheet.
2. Students will demonstrate use of at least six similes
in a "Like What" poem.
3. Students will identify similarities and differences
between each other's poems.
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Prerequisite Skills
Students will need to know what emotions and objects are, how to chunk thoughts, how to use an
on-line form, and
how to use e-mail or snail mail.
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Time Sequence
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Sequence of Activities
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Notes
Technical
Considerations
Resources
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Pre-class activity
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By this time the students should have completed the
student “Getting To Know You” on-line form and sent a picture as a
class or individually. Students will need to know the basics of a poem and
what similes are.
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There will need to be an adult room supervisor for
students and someone who knows how to run the VTEL equipment. All involved
need to understand VTEL classroom protocol.
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5 minutes |
Introduction of myself and to create interest
in this unit by sharing a couple of poems that I have created. To share
the goals of our session. One is to relate the "Like
What" poem to its category, synaesthesia.
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Close-up of me
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5 minutes |
Brainstorm what you think of when you hear the word hot, cold, slimy,
color, and what do they represent to you. This would be done in individual
lab on a flip chart and then to show their responses. Do an example of "Like
What" poem with both labs together
using the flip chart.
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Flip chart with border, Preset button B, marker
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10 minutes |
Divide into small groups of 2-3 students with someone sitting next/near
you, complete a "Like What" poem
together and share within each lab.
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Wide view while working; remember to have other
site mute; designate spot to be sharing from within each lab.
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7 minutes |
Sites will take turns sharing two created poems from each site.
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Monitor preset button C
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7 minutes |
Compare similarities and differences of some poems
shared with a monitor to share collected information—3 minutes in individual
lab, then monitors share information-- 4 minutes as large group sharing
with guidance from me.
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Wide view while working; monitor preset button
C
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5 minutes |
Closure: Today we’ve learned about a synaesthesia poem
which is a “Like What” poem. It involves figurative language and uses
which word(s) to identify it? (like) Remember to submit or email today’s works.
Thank you for sharing!
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Close-up preset button A and then angle wide
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Extension Activity: Students submit one
of their own “Like What” poems and complete simile questions on the
on-line form. Click on white paw for simile or "Like What" form.
Click on purple paw for simile practice sheet.
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Special Considerations
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Handouts
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Computer for writing
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Large text available
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Session on tape
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Assessment
Students will submit a completed "Like
What" poem with the use of a simile. Through brainstorming and
discussion of similes, students apply identification of similes in an on-line form.
Simile Rubric_two.pdf
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