Editing; students will circle words that they are uncertain about and check a
resource; teacher or their personal dictionaries. Punctuation and
capitalization will not be important for this project. (R)
Publishing; students will type up their piece. (T)
Trait Objective(s)
Traits
Ideas
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Presentation
8. Product
Students will be creating a self-reflective poem about what they wish they
were with at least 4 reasons why they would wish to be that thing and
include 2 similes. The final product will be typed.
9. Product Expectations
Create a rubric, checklist or recording form for what you will be looking
for when you assess the writing. Be as specific as possible.
Traits
Ideas
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Presentation
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Presentation
needs
Poems may or may not follow conventions
Final product is typed
doing. They will stop after the second stanza and ask students for
additional ideas about similes that they might add. Using the teachers
prewrite, students will help the teacher write the last 2 stanzas of the
poem. Students will then turn to their own prewrite to help them fill out
the poem template.
Formative Assessment:
Teacher can read through the drafts as students are writing and talk
with students as they are writing.
Lesson #5 Revising Poetry
Lesson Objective(s):
Students will read through their poems to make sure that they have
written what they wanted to say.
Students will share poems in trios and receive feedback from their
peers. Peers will provide feedback on ideas that they would like the
author to clarify.
Lesson summary:
Teacher will read through the first 2 stanzas and model revising;
focusing on, does this make sense to me when I read it? Teacher will
ask class for suggestions to revise the last 2 stanzas. Teacher will
model making sure their poem has necessary parts; title, author, 1
subject, 4 reasons why, and 2 similes. Students will read through their
poems. They will also make sure that they have 4 reasons why they
would like to be something. The student will also have 2 similes in their
poem.
After students have had time to look at their poems and revise them
they will get into trio revising groups to share their work and gather
suggestions from their peers.
Formative Assessment:
Teacher can listen for student feedback in the trios and possibly offer
own suggestions for revision.
Lesson #6 Editing and Publishing
Lesson Objective(s):
Students will type up their finished product and check for spelling
errors.
Lesson summary:
Students will go into the computer lab and type up their poems. They
will print their poems and see if they wish to edit spelling; make those
edits and print out a final draft of their poem.
Formative Assessment:
Final product. Checking in with students about spelling.
Title:
Author:
I wish I were ______________________________
So that I could ________________________________
If I were _________________________
I would bring _____________________________ to the world
Because _______________________________________________
Name:
Why do you wish you could be
______________________?
I wish I could be
____________________________so
that I could
___________________________________
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___________
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Date:
*What is something else that you
could
compare
____________________________ to?
______________________________________
_is as
______________________________________
_________
As
______________________________________
________
______________________________________
____________
______________________________________
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______________________________________
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What does
_______________________________
bring to the world?
If I were this thing I would bring
__________________________ to the
world because
______________________________________
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______________________________________
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