Lesson Overview

 This lesson is to expose students to "Diamonte" poems with reviewing nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and with creating an "Experience" poem. This is lesson 5 of 9 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 express at least five past experiences and create an "Experience" poem to share these.

2. Students will apply six nouns, two adjectives, and six verbs in a "Diamonte" poem.

Prerequisite Skills

 Students will to know what a participle verb phrase is. They will also need to have an idea what nouns and adjectives are. 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

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7 minutes

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5 minutes

 
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5 minutes

 Welcome, let's take a couple minutes to share as many verbs as you can within your lab. Then, you will need one person to share your list.

 Discuss the need to use strong verbs

 
Brainstorm individually things you have experienced

 On a sheet of paper, put your experiences into a poem format of your choice. No need to put too much consider in the format, just make it flow. Remember to submit your poem on your extension activity sheet.

With a partner, review what nouns, adjectives, and verbs are

 Share within your lab what you discussed as partners about nouns, adjectives, and verbs

 Explain a "Diamonte" poem and do one together with both sites

 You may work with a partner to create one or two "Diamonte" poem(s). Submit as partners your "Diamonte" poem(s) by next class period. Be ready to share next time we are together.

 Closure and remember to submit your poems as your extension activity and to turn in your group work. Click on purple paw for form.

 close-up and wide shot while creating list and finish with monitor station

monitor station and room shot of other site

wide shot

optional for someone to share or just to submit poem to me

wide shot

wide shot

monitor station and document camera or whiteboard

close-up of me

monitor station

Special Considerations

• Handouts

• Computer of writing

• Large text available

• Session on tape

Assessment

 The students will turn in group work and submit the creation of their "Experience" poem and "Diamonte" poem. The review of parts of speech of nouns, adjectives, and verbs are in the group work being turned in.