UP:ELA21.3.11
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.
