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Lesson Plan 10
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Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas

Essential
Questions
PA/Common
Core/Standards
Objective
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence
ISTE Standards
for Students
Framework for
21st Century
Learning
Accommodation
s, Modifications

DETAILS
Miss Sydney Geyer
ELA Reading
Fourth Grade
Friday, February 26, 2016
Synonyms are words with similar meanings.
The theme of a poem is the message the poet is telling
the reader.
Figurative language is when poets use words to express
something different from what the words usually mean.
What are synonyms?
What is theme?
What is figurative language?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.10

Students will be able to identify and describe a poem.

Informal assessment: Students actively engage in large

group instruction answering probing questions and
sharing insights on poem we read together.

Research and information fluency

Communication and collaboration
Critical thinking, problem solving and decision making

Packet promotes extensive guiding and prompting in

margins for individuals with learning disabilities.

CK

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-Step

Procedures
RATIONALE for
the Learning
Plan
Introduction

CK
Activating Prior Knowledge
Probing questioning on synonyms, theme, and figurative
language.
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Introduce another poem on YouTube for continued
exposure to poetry.

Explicit
Instructions

Lesson
Procedure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWuf0YHoYgo
Big Idea Statement
Synonyms are words with similar meanings.
The theme of a poem is the message the poet is telling
the reader.
Figurative language is when poets use words to express
something different from what the words usually mean.
Essential Questions Statement
What are synonyms?
What is theme?
What is figurative language?
Objective Statement
Students will be able to identify and describe a poem.
Transition
Timer to control time management for appropriate
lesson transitions.
Key Vocabulary
Synonym, theme, figurative language
PreAssessment of Students
Probing questions about theme, synonyms and
figurative language.
Modeling of the Concept
Instruct and provide example of theme, synonyms, and
figurative language.
Guiding the Practice
Read the poems together and discuss theme, synonyms,
and figurative language in a large group discussion.
Providing the Independent Practice
Students will follow the instructions in the margins of
The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man to annotate the
poem.
Transition
Timer to control time management for appropriate
lesson transitions.
Lesson 4 Poetry Packet
YouTube
Computer
Projector

Reading
Materials
Technology
Equipment
Supplies
Evaluation of
Informal assessment: Students actively engage in large
the
group instruction answering probing questions and
Learning/Master
sharing insights on poem we read together.
y of the
Concept
Closure
Summary & Review of the Learning
Go over poem annotations as a large group and see
what types of synonyms, theme and figurative language
each student gathered from the poem.
Homework/Assignments


Teacher
Self-reflection

None