Classroom Resource

Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5

Overview

Students begin by brainstorming types of poetry, then examining themed poetry collections to find examples. They create a working definition of poetry that they will revisit throughout the unit. Next students reexamine the collections, identifying what the poems have in common and generating a list of characteristics of thematic poetry collections. Students then begin work on their own poetry collection. In each session, they read, analyze, and write a different form of poetry, including diamante, cinquain, 5W, Bio, I Am, Name, Acrostic, Limerick, and Two-Voice poems. For some forms, they write about themselves and for others, they interview and write about a classmate, but all the poems follow the theme of "getting to know each other". Throughout the process, students complete a checklist to organize and track what they learn about poetry forms and elements of poetry. Graphic organizers are included for each poetic form.

Content Standards

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.11
Read and reread grade-appropriate poetry, practicing phrasing, rhythm, rhyme, and meaningful expression.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Reread
Grade-appropriate poetry
Phrasing
Rhythm
Rhyme
Meaningful expression

Knowledge

Students know:

The features of poetry include phrasing, rhythm, and rhyme.
Words rhyme if their vowel and ending sounds are the same (example: ham, Sam).
Rhythm is a steady beat made by stressed syllables in spoken words.
A phrase is a group of words.
Strategies to show meaningful expression, including making appropriate changes in voice, pitch, and expression while reading poetry orally.

Skills

Students are able to:

Read and reread grade-appropriate poetry.
Practice rhyming, stressing syllables that create rhythm, grouping together words in phrases, and meaningful expression when reading poetry.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings.
They can reread poetry to practice their use of phrasing, rhythm, rhyme, and meaningful expression.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.18
Demonstrate content knowledge built during independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Demonstrate
Content knowledge
Independent reading
Informational text
Literary text
Content-specific discussions

Knowledge

Students know:

Content knowledge is information learned about a specific subject.
Content knowledge can be learned by independently reading text.
Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional.
Active listening skills.
Writing skills.

Skills

Students are able to:

Build content knowledge from independently reading informational or literary text.
Use content knowledge learned from independent reading in content-specific discussions with peers.
Use content knowledge learned from independent reading in writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Content-specific discussions with peers can demonstrate the content knowledge they learned through independent reading.
They can produce writings that demonstrate knowledge of content-specific information.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.42
Write poetry or prose in response to visual images to interpret their meanings.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Poetry
Prose
Visual images
Interpret

Knowledge

Students know:

Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language.
Writing can be created in response to visual images.
Visual images carry meaning to viewers.

Skills

Students are able to:

Write poetry or prose after viewing visual images to explain their meaning.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Visual images can inspire them to write poetry or prose to describe their feelings and explain the image's meaning.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.25
Explain how the form of a poem contributes to its meaning.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Poem
Form

Knowledge

Students know:

Poetry can be written in different formats.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the form of a poem.
Describe how a poem's form helps convey its meaning.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Poems have varying forms that can be used to convey different meanings.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, both independently and with support, demonstrating grade-level proficiency.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Respond
Writing
Literature
Informational texts
Stories
Dramas
Poetry
Cross-curricular texts
Independently
With support
Grade-level proficiency

Knowledge

Students know:

Responding to text in a written format demonstrates comprehension of the text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Independently and with support, create grade-appropriate written responses after reading literature and informational text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

To respond in writing to literature and informational texts, they must read critically, have a deep understanding of the text's content, and use appropriate writing skills.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.5
Demonstrate fluency when independently reading, writing, and speaking in response to grade-level literary and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Fluency
Independently
Literary text
Informational text
Stories
Dramas
Poetry
Cross-curricular texts

Knowledge

Students know:

Fluency is the ability to read, write, or speak at a pace that does not negatively impact meaning or understanding.
Responding to text through writing and speaking demonstrates comprehension.

Skills

Students are able to:

Independently read grade-level literary and informational text fluently.
Demonstrate fluency when writing.
Demonstrate fluent speech.

Understanding

Students understand that:

The ability to read fluently supports comprehension, or understanding, of the text.
The ability to write and speak fluently helps clearly communicate with others.
One way to demonstrate comprehension of literary and informational text is to respond in writing or through speaking.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, independently and with grade-level proficiency.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Literature
Informational text
Stories
Dramas
Poetry
Cross-curricular texts
Independently
Proficiency

Knowledge

Students know:

Responding to text in a written format demonstrates comprehension of the text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Independently create grade-appropriate written responses after reading literature and informational text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

To respond in writing to literature and informational texts, they must read critically, have a deep understanding of the text's content, and use appropriate writing skills.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

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http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/creating-classroom-c…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

ReadWriteThink

Accessibility

License

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Custom

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Comments or Notes

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Approved Date

2019-06-20

Curated by

raulstoncg

Learning Resource Type

Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

ELA21.3.11 Read and reread grade-appropriate poetry, practicing phrasing, rhythm, rhyme, and meaningful expression.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.3.18 Demonstrate content knowledge built during independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.3.42 Write poetry or prose in response to visual images to interpret their meanings.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.4.25 Explain how the form of a poem contributes to its meaning.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.4.32 Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, both independently and with support, demonstrating grade-level proficiency.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.5.5 Demonstrate fluency when independently reading, writing, and speaking in response to grade-level literary and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.5.32 Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, independently and with grade-level proficiency.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

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CR Resource Type

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Comments or Notes

Approved Date

ELA21.3.11
Read and reread grade-appropriate poetry, practicing phrasing, rhythm, rhyme, and meaningful expression.

ELA21.3.18
Demonstrate content knowledge built during independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.

ELA21.3.42
Write poetry or prose in response to visual images to interpret their meanings.

ELA21.4.25
Explain how the form of a poem contributes to its meaning.

ELA21.4.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, both independently and with support, demonstrating grade-level proficiency.

ELA21.5.5
Demonstrate fluency when independently reading, writing, and speaking in response to grade-level literary and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts.

ELA21.5.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, independently and with grade-level proficiency.