Lesson Overview

This lesson is to expose students to similes and apply them to a "Self-Portrait" poem and an "Adjective Noun" poem . There is a short review on noun and adjectives. This is 2 of 9 lessons which 8 are VTEL.

Standards Based Goal

Students will be introduced to several different poetry formats and will apply what they learn to create their own poetry portfolio.

Student Objectives

1. Students will create a "Self-Portrait" poem using at least five nouns and three adjectives.

2. Students will identify the difference between at least ten nouns and adjectives with 90% accuracy.

3. Students will demonstrate at least five adjectives and five nouns through an "Adjective Noun" poem.

4. Students will identify at least three of four figurative language concepts from today's lesson.

Prerequisite Skills

Students will need to know what noun and adjectives are. Room supervisor will need to run off "Self-Portrait" poem for class. 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.

Time Sequence

Sequence of Activities

Indicators of Engaged Learning

Notes

Technical Considerations

Resources

7 minutes

8 minutes

10 minutes

5 minutes

Welcome and review what we've learned so far. "Like As", similes, synaesthesia, e-mailing. Introduce today's lesson about "Self-Portrait" poems and "Adjective Noun" poems.

Distribute run-off copies of poem to small group (2-3 students). Have four minutes to work. One and a half minutes to decide whose poems will be shared and then share time.

Quick review of noun and adjectives. Divide site lab in to two groups and make a list of noun and adjectives on a flip chart paper. Circle your nouns and underline your adjectives in individual groups. Six minutes of work time and four minutes of share time.

Activity: Clapping Simile. Home site will start with verse format on document camera and then start the activity. Next, the connected site will do it. Each site should be able to respond two or three times within this time frame.

Go over "Adjective Noun" poem.
Extension Activity: Submit individual creations to on-line form and answer a few questions over figurative language by next class time. Click on paw for on-line form.

Closure: Today, we learned about ourselves through creating a "Self-Portrait" poems, reviewed noun and adjectives, and an activity to recall noun and adjectives to implement into different poems. I look forward to seeing your "Adjective Noun" poems!

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wide view of room during work time and then document camera for sharing poems or oral. Personal choice of student sharing.

wide view of room during work time and then flip chart station for share time

verse on document camera and different shots of the room

close-up of me to explain where to find these and do an example (depending on class, orally or document camera)

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Special Considerations

Handouts available
Computer for writing
Large text available
Session on tape

Assessment

Students will turn in completed poems and create "Adjective Noun" poem in an on-line form. Students will identify simile in on-line form.