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UNIT:
Poetry
LESSONTOPIC
:EkphrasticPoetry
AIMQUESTION:
HowdoIanalyzeandwriteaboutapieceofartworkusingpoetry?
CENTRALFOCUS:
Thecentralfocusofthislessonisforstudentstouseanewformofpoetry.
Studentswillcloselyexamineapieceofartworkandthencreateapoembasedontheartwork
theyhaveselected.Studentswillbeabletoexplaintheiranalysisoftheartworkandthe
influencebehindtheirpoems.
A.MAINIDEAS
1) Ekphrasticpoetryispoetrywritteninresponsetoandinspiredbyapieceofartworkor
photograph.
2) Analyzingapieceofartworkrequiresuseofthesameskillswhenanalyzingtext:whoor
whatisshown,whatishappeningthepiece,whatisthemoodoftheartwork,summarize
themainideaofthepiece.
3) Includingimageryinpoetryhelpsthereadervisualizethedescriptionsinthepoem.

B.COMMONCORESTANDARDS
RL.7.2:Determineathemeorcentralideaofatextandanalyzeitsdevelopmentoverthe
courseofthetextprovideanobjectivesummaryofthetext.
RL.7.4:Determinethemeaningofwordsandphrasesastheyareusedinatext,including
figurativeandconnotativemeaningsanalyzetheimpactofrhymesandotherrepetitions
ofsoundsonaspecificverseorstanzaofapoemorsectionofastoryordrama.
W.7.5:Withsomeguidanceandsupportfrompeersandadults,developandstrengthen
writingasneededbyplanning,revising,editing,rewriting,ortryinganewapproach,
focusingonhowwellpurposeandaudiencehavebeenaddressed.
W.7.6:Usetechnology,includingtheInternet,toproduceandpublishwritingandlinkto
andcitesourcesaswellastointeractandcollaboratewithothers.
SL.7.1:Engageeffectivelyinarangeofcollaborativediscussions(oneonone,ingroups,
andteacherled)withdiversepartnersongrade7topics,texts,andissues,buildingon
others'ideasandexpressingtheirownclearly.


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C.NEWYORKSTATESTANDARDS
Standard2:LanguageforLiteraryResponseandExpression
Standard4:LanguageforSocialInteraction

D.VOCABULARY
EkphrasticPoetry:
Poetrywritteninresponsetoandinspiredbyapieceofartwork/
photograph
Imagery:
Wordsanddescriptionsthatappealtothefivesenses
Similie:
Acomparisionbetweentwounlikethingsusinglikeoras
Metaphor:
Animplied/hiddencomparisionbetweentwounlikethingsdoes
not
uselikeor
as
Personification:
Givinghumanqualitiesorcharacteristicstoanimalsorinanimateobjects

E.MATERIALS
GoogleChromeBooks
DonMcLeanCD
VincentLyrics
ObservationWorksheet
PowerPointPresentation
SMARTBoard
EkpharsticPoetryAssignment

F.DONOW/MOITVATION
Readthepoemyouwroteforhomeworktoyourpartner.Afteryouvelistenedtoyourpartners
poem,tellthemonethingtheydidwell,andonethingtheycandotoimprovetheirpoem.
Doesyourpartnerincludeaquoteintheirpoem?
Doesyourpartnerusefiguartivelanguageintheirpoem?


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Authorsshouldwritetheirpartnersadviceonthebottomoftheirpoem,sotheycangoback
laterandrevise.

G.ACTIVITES
1) Discussion
:TeacherwilldisseminatelyricstoVincent.Studentswillreadthelyricsas
theylistentoDonMcLeanssong.Whenthesongisfinished,studentswilldiscuss
questionsattheirtablessuchas:
a) WhodoyouthinkVincentwas?WhatdowelearnaboutVincentfromthesong?
b) Whataresomeofthephrasesinthesongthatdescribethepainting?
c) WhatisDonMcLeanssongabout?
StudentswillcometotherealizationthatthesongisaboutVincentVanGogh.Students
willfindexamplesoffigurativelanguageusedinthesongandwillexamineVanGoghs
artworkthatMcLeanreferstoasaclass.
2) GalleryWalk:
Therewillbe10Chromebookssetuparoundtheroom,eachwitha
picturedisplayed.StudentswillparticipateinaGalleryWalk,examineallthepieces
beforeselectingone.Oncestudentsselectapieceofartworkthatintereststhem,theywill
takeobservationnotesonthepieceusingtheObservationWorksheet.
3) Writing:
Oncestudentshaveselectedapieceofartwork,theymaybeginwritingthe
eighthandfinalpoemfortheirportfolio:anekpharsticpoem.Theirpoemmustinclude
imagery,beaboutoneoftheimagestheylookedatinclass,andbeabout1520lines.

H.DIFFERENTIATED/ACCOMMODATIONS
Therearestudentsinthisclasswithclashingpersonalitiesandahistoryofarguments
witheachotherthatexcelledtophysicalaltercations:theywillnotbepartnered.Further,
therearestudentswhoaregoingthroughemotionaltimesonestudentrecentlylosta
parentandtwootherstudentshaveparentsthatareintheprocessofgettingadivorce.I
willmakesuretopartnerthemwithastudentthattheyarefamiliarandcomfortable
with.
Accomodation:Studentscanlistentothesongandfollowalongwiththelyrics


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Duringgroupwork,teacherwillmeetwithgroupstoreteachanideaorclarify
misunderstandingsand/orextendthinkingofadvancedlearnersastheyanalyzeartwork.
Lessonhasmultipleentrypointsfordiverselearners:appealstothevisuallearnersas
theyexaminetheartwork,thebodilykinestheticlearnersastheygetoutoftheirseats
duringthegallerywalk,andtheauditorylearnersastheylistentothesong.
Threestudentsintheclasshaveadeficitinprocessingspeedthatcanimpacttheir
performancestudentshavedifficultywithpentopapertasks(takingnotes).Presentation
willbeuploadedtotheclassswebsiteonGoogleClassroomforstudentreference.

I.H.O.T.QUESTIONS
Whatisthestorybeingtold?Whatmakesyousaythat?
Whatcanyouinfer?Whatarepossibleperspectives?
Howwouldyoudescribethesubject?
Whatisthemoodoftheartwork?Whatsounds,smells,feelings,tastescouldyou
associatewithit?
Howdoesthisartworkconnectwithyoupersonally?Whydidyouchooseit?
Howwouldyousummarizethemainideaoftheartwork?

J.FORMAL/INFORMALASSESSMENT
InformalAsessment:Coldcallingonstudents,listeningtostudentssharetheirideasas
theydiscusstheartworkingroups.Informallyassessingwhatstudentssayduringthe
activitieswillenabletheteachertoguidediscussioninthenecessarydirectionto
reinforceideasorinstructionsthatmayneedtobeclearer.
FormalAssessment:TheObservationWorksheetstudentsusewhentheyselectapieceof
artworktheywanttowriteaboutallowstheteachertoformallyassesstheworktheydid
duringgroupwork.Thedraftoftheirekphrasticpoemalsoservesasaformalassessment
ofstudentunderstandingofhowtowriteanekphrasticpoem.


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K.CLOSURE(SUMMARYQUESTION)
Tocloseclass,studentswillsharethepieceofartworktheyarewritingaboutfortheirpoems
andwhytheyselectedthatpiece.

L.HowwillIreinforceandextendstudentlearning?
1.

CLASSROOMAPPLICATIONS:SMARTBoard,Googlepresentationforlesson,Google
Chromebooks,handoutsforclassactivities,CD.Studentlearningisreinforcedinthattheyare
familiarwithpoeticdevices/figurativelangaugefromexaminingpoemsinpreviouslessons
closereadingstrategiesforpoemsinpreviouslessonsareapplicabletoanalyzingthesonglyrics.
Studentlearningisalsoextendedastheyworkwithpeersandengageindiscussionwiththeir
classmateswhentheyexaminethepicturesduringthegallerywalk.
2.ENRICHMENTACTIVITIES:Studentsmayresearchthephotograph/artworktheyareusing
fortheirpoeminordertogainadeeperunderstandingoftheartistormeaningbehindthework
fortheirpoem.
3.HOMEWORK:Studentswillfinishtheirekphrasticpoems.Theirpoemsmustbe1520lines,
beaboutanimagetheylookedatinclass,andincludeimagery.

M.Whattopicscomenext?
1.TOMORROW:PuttingTogetherYourPoetryAnthology
2.DAYAFTER:PoetryReading