Students will be introduced to formal couplet poetry. A couplet is defined as: two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme. In this poem lines 1, 2, and 3 are a rhyming couplet.
Students will be introduced to formal couplet poetry. A couplet is defined as: two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme. In this poem lines 1, 2, and 3 are a rhyming couplet.
Students will be introduced to formal couplet poetry. A couplet is defined as: two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme. In this poem lines 1, 2, and 3 are a rhyming couplet.
Students will be introduced to formal couplet poetry. A couplet is defined as: two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme. In this poem lines 1, 2, and 3 are a rhyming couplet.
Target Concept: Students will be introduced to formal couplet poetry. Standards/Rationale: (4) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze how poets use sound effects (e.g., alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce meaning in poems.
Lesson Objectives:
Assessment:
TSW will be able to identify and produce a
ten line couplet poem.
Exit slip: completed ten line couplet poem.
Materials: Large piece of Paper, and sharpie.
Lesson Cycle: (Direct instruction)
The teacher will:
The student will:
Focus/Mental Set: Today, we will will continue our Poetry Unit and identify what a couplet is, understand how poets use them and will create a formal couplet. The teacher will show a video on couplets. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=icQC84NUM00
Students will be seated in their current
groups. They will be expected to work with their groups throughout this lesson. Students will watch Writing a Couplet Video.
Teacher Input: Have poem on chart paper. Teacher reads poem aloud. Green Eggs and Ham Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham! Would you like them here or there? I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. I do so like green eggs and ham! Thank you! Thank you, Sam-I- am! -Dr. Seuss. Teacher will allow students to analyze poem within their group. Teacher will guide discussion on student observations. This type of rhyme scheme is called a couplet. A couplet is defined as: two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. In this poem lines 1, 2, and 3 are a rhyming couplet and lines 4, 5, and 6 are another set of rhyming couplets. Teacher will describe the steps of creating a couplet. 1. Start with whats on your mind. . Ex.Food, Sports, and TV shows. 2. Next, brainstorm ANY words. 3. Then Brainstorm rhyming words. 4. Assemble your couplet. Teacher will check for understanding and provide another example if needed.
Students will compare and contrast within
their group what they observed in the poem.
Guided Practice: The teacher and students will create a formal couplet together, utilizing each step. The teacher will ask students to brainstorm topics. Teacher will ask students to volunteer words that support the topic (these words do not have to rhyme). Next, the teacher will ask students to brainstorm words that rhyme with the supporting words (they dont have to go with the words, however they must rhyme). The teacher will instruct students to assembly words into a couplet. The teacher will ask groups to share their formal couplet poems. *Optional: Students put their poems to a tune! *Optional: Teacher and students write another poem this time with emotion.
Students will participate in group
discussion. Students will in their groups organize words into a formal couplet poem. Students will raise their hands to share when their poems are complete.
Independent Practice: After group discussion, the teacher will instruct students to write their own ten line couplet poem independently. The teacher will monitor as they work.
Students will construct a couplet poem
independently.
Closure: The teacher will check for understanding. Will review the steps to writing a formal couplet. Allow students to read their poetry aloud. As final activity, have class mad-lib formal couplet poem.
Students will ask questions as needed. As
final activity, students will mad-lib couplet poem. As students leave, they will recite and turn in their formal couplet poems.
Options: Enrichment: The teacher will instruct students to research another figurative language tool to include in their formal couplet poem.
Reteach: If student shows lack of
understanding; will review steps and then write another formal couplet poem.
Modifications/Correctives: MP will be given copy of notes in larger print, and preferential seating close to board. References:
