Name: Cayte Lyonnais_____________________________ Topic: 4th Grade English

Date: 04/10/16
Standards of Learning Plan Format
Virginia Teachers for
Tomorrow
Title

Analyzing Poetry

Standard(s) of
Learning

4.1b contribute to group discussions

4.4d develop vocabulary by reading a variety of texts
4.5 - The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts,
narrative nonfiction texts, and poetry

Key Vocabulary/
Concepts

-What is poetry?
-Parts of poetry (i.e. verse, stanza, rhyme, consonance, assonance, alliteration/figurative
language, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, idiom, and meter)
-Two types of poetry: narrative and free-verse
-Identify the meaning of a poem and the authors purpose.
1. Post-it Pad (with notes and poem written on it)
2. Wide Markers
3. Poem printed for each student

Materials

Introduction
(Hook)

1. What is poetry?
- Ask students what they think poetry is
-When words are put together in an interesting way to express a feeling, create a
mental picture, tell a story, or make a difference. It expands the ears, eyes, and mind.
- Where do you find poetry?
- Everywhere (Many authors in one book is called an anthology)
2. Read The Jabberwocky for the first time (for entertainment)

Instructional
Activities/Strategies

1. Two Types of Poetry:

-Free-Verse: poetry without rhyme
-Narrative: a story
2. Go over parts of poetry:
-Verse: a line of poetry, but sometimes refers to whole poem
-Stanza: like a paragraph in an essay. Separated by a blank space. Anywhere from two
to eight lines.
-Meter: beat, or rhythm, of the poem (da-dum)
-Figurative Language: ways of writing that make stories more interesting and
expressive.
+Rhyme (Rhyme Scheme): repetition of end sounds (ABAB)
+Alliteration: repetition of internal sounds
-Consonance & Assonance
+Metaphor: indirect comparison. pillow of the sky
+Simile: direct comparison. like or as
+Idiom: a phrase with a meaning different than the meaning of the words piece of
cake.

Name: Cayte Lyonnais_____________________________ Topic: 4th Grade English

Date: 04/10/16
Standards of Learning Plan Format
Virginia Teachers for
Tomorrow
+Onomatopoeia: sounds in word form. splash splatter boink

Accommodations,
If necessary

No necessary accommodations known.

Closure Activity

Reread The Jabberwocky and identify verses, stanzas, meter, figurative language

Follow-Up/
Homework

Have you ever written a poem for yourself? Why or why not?
2. Have you ever written or shared a poem with someone else? Why?
3. Discuss Poetry Month:
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/dear-poet-project
No homework from me

REFLECTION
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AFTER YOU
TEACH)