| Title: Eight Lines about home
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| Subject: Social Studies |
| Grade
Level: 7 - 8 |
| Overview: |
| This lesson will combine the writing of a Quatrain poem (ELA)
and the study of the student's home town (SS) to create a short
eight-line poem. |
| Approximate
Duration: One 90 minute class plus time for
typing |
Content Standards:
- History: Time, Continuity, and
Change
Students develop a
sense of historical time and historical perspective as they study
the history of their community, state, nation, and world.
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Benchmarks:
- H-1D-M1
describing the
contributions of people, events, movements, and ideas that have
been significant in the history of Louisiana; |
Interdisciplinary Connections:
- English/Language Arts : Standard
Two
Students write
competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- English/Language Arts : Standard
Three
Students communicate
using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure,
punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting.
- English/Language Arts : Standard
Six
Students read, analyze,
and respond to literature as a record of life experiences.
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Educational Technology
Standards:
- Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, writing
tools, digital cameras, drawing tools, web tools) to gather
information for problem solving, communication, collaborative
writing and publishing to create products for various audiences.
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Objectives:
The learner will: create an
brainstorm web about good things about their city.
The learner
will: compose an eight-line (Quatrain)poem about the their hometown
(city of Lake Charles). |
Lesson Materials
and Resources:
Textbook
Paper
Pencil
Handouts
including samples
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Technology Tools
and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Software:
Power-Point
Websites:
•Student Samples
http://http://www.louisiana101.com/legacy.html
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Background
Information:
Students will use knowledge of their own
community to create poem. When the students first enter the
classroom everyday, they routinely receive an "LA Gumbo" five-minute
activity to be completed during the first few minutes of class. The
LA Gumbo for today will require students to list several things they
LIKE about their city and several things they DISLIKE. |
Lesson
Procedures:
1. Before the students enter the classroom,
they will receive a copy of the LaGumbo with written directions.
a. The instructions will be listed on the handout but not read
orally. I will answer questions as necessary.
b. The students
will be allowed 5-7 minutes to complete the activity. This will be a
pre-writing activity and the students can refer back to it as they
are writing their poem if they get writers block.
2. I will
state the purpose of the lesson. If some students have not completed
the LaGumbo, I will tell them they may complete it after I finish
giving directions for the poem.
3. I will pass out and read a
copy of an example of the poem they will write and explain to the
students that the poem must contain eight lines, eight syllables per
line, and have a rhyming pattern.
4. I will remind the students
what a syllable is and how to count syllables.
5. I will brief
the students on the different rhyming patterns they can use.
6.
I will tell the students how they can earn extra credit by creating
a PowerPoint slide.
7. I will tell the students to start writing
their poems and pass out the handout on which they will write their
final draft.
8. I will walk around the room offering assistance
and answering questions.
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Assessment
Procedures:
The students will have a copy of the rubric
which will determine their grade. |
Accommodations/Modifications:
Visual
learners will benefit from written directions.
Auditory learners
will benefit from oral instruction.
To benefit social learners,
students will be allowed to work quietly and share ideas with others
at their table groups.
Early finishers will be allowed to begin
creating their PowerPoint presentations on the computers in the
classroom as available.
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Reproducible
Materials:
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Explorations and
Extensions:
Extensions of this lesson will include
allowing those students who finish early and have their poems check
the opportunity to type their work on a Power-Point slide. These
slides will be grouped together to be used as a presentation during
open house or other functions. |
Lesson
Development Resources:
http://www.louisiana101.com/
http://www.writes.org/teachers_guide/Quatrains.html
http://www.writing-world.com/poetry/sonnet.html
http://www.lovenpoetry.com/terms1.htm
http://www.windowsproject.demon.co.uk/wbweb/wwba2.htm
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Reflections:
I've taught this lesson
several times (some in conjuntion with the ELA teacher). By keeping
the poem in a tight Quatrain form the students don't wander off and
have problems with assignment. |
Contact
Information:
Greg English
greg.english@cpsb.org
Oak Park Middle School |
Additional
Contacts:
Erin Cobb
EDUC 322-A
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| MarcoPolo
Lesson: No |
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