Book Extension Activity (25 points)

Your Name: Anela Gonsalves-Park

Book Title: Me I Am!

Book Author: Jack Prelutsky

Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux/ 2007

Date: March 20, 2022

1. Pre-K/CCSD K-2nd Grade Core Standard (5 points)

Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such
as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

2. Objectives (What will children expect to learn?) (5 points)

Students will create their own poem with the same template as the book but adding their own
experiences and beliefs that make them unique. They will learn how to structure a poem and the
different types of poems which include rhyming. They will then write their final draft and draw a
picture at the bottom of their poem that will relate to what they wrote about.

3. Materials and Equipment needed: (5 points)

Blank white papers, pencils, sharpies, color crayons, and color markers.

4. Teaching (What will you do?) (5 points)

I will teach students how to structure a poem and what different types of poems there are. I will then
show an example of what they are expected to do and then help in word choices if needed.

5. Closure: (2 points)

Students will read another classmates poem and then evaluate it as an exit slip.

6. List 3 additional books in this genre to extend the learning: (3 points)

1) The Giving Tree

2)Green Eggs and Ham
3)Just in Case You Ever Wonder