Michelle Kearsley

Date of Lesson: 4/5/18

Ms. Bagley (Edgewood Elementary School)

TCNJ - School of Education - Lesson Plan

1.Title: Poetry Lesson

2. Lesson Essential Question: How can words in a story be conveyed as an

illustration?

3. Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7
Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by
the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

4.
A. Learning Objectives: Students will be able to explain how their illustration
relates to the poem.

B. Assessments: The students will draw an illustration to represent the poem.

Learning Objectives Assessments

Students will be able to explain how their The students will draw an illustration to
illustration relates to the poem. represent the poem.

5. Materials:
-Teacher: A copy of the illustration worksheet for each student in the class. A
copy of the comparison worksheet for each student. PowerPoint with notes, video and
poem.
-Students: A writing utensil. Coloring utensils.

6. Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge: The students have heard of

poems before.

7. Lesson Beginning: The teacher will start the lesson by introducing poetry to the
class with a video.

8. Instructional Plan: Time needed approximately 25 minutes

What the teacher will What the students Materials the teacher Approx.
be doing: will be doing: needs to have ready: Time:

The teacher will start the The students will Video. 5 min
lesson by introducing start by sitting on
the rug. The
poetry to the class with students will listen
a video. to the teacher.

Next, the teacher will tell The students will PowerPoint with notes. 1 min
the class that they will listen to the
be talking about Shel teacher.
Silverstein. The teacher
will read aloud a brief
history about him.

The teacher will ask the The students will A copy of the illustration 2 min
students to move to their move to their worksheet for each
desks. The teacher will desks. student.
pass out the illustration
worksheet to the class.

Then, the teacher will The students will PowerPoint with poem. 1 min
read the poem Frozen listen to the poem
Dream by Shel
Silverstein aloud to the
class.

After reading the poem, The students will PowerPoint with poem. 10 min
the teacher will ask the create their
students to draw an illustration.
illustration to represent
the poem. The teacher
will display the poem on
the board. The teacher
will walk around and
help students while they
make their illustration.

After the students finish The students will A copy of the 5 min
their illustrations, the complete the comparison worksheet
teacher will pass out the second worksheet. for each student. Poem
second worksheet. illustration on the board.
While passing out the
worksheet, the teacher
will read the directions
aloud and display the
illustration of the poem
on the board. The
teacher will walk around
while the students
complete the worksheet.
 After the students The students will None. 1 min
complete the worksheet, hand in their
the teacher will collect worksheets.
the worksheets.

While the teacher The students will None. 2 min

collects the worksheets, answer the
they will ask the question.
students “How is your
illustration similar to
Shel Silverstein’s?” and
“How is your illustration
different from Shel
Silverstein’s?”.

a. Differentiation: The teacher will walk around and help students while they work
on the illustration.

b. Questions: “What is poetry?”, “How is your illustration similar to Shel

Silverstein’s?”, and “How is your illustration different from Shel Silverstein’s?”.

c. Classroom Management: The teacher will keep an eye on the students

throughout the lesson.

d. Transitions: The teacher will ask the students to stand up and turn in the
direction they will be moving before they start moving.

9. Closure: The teacher will ask the students what they learned while collecting the
worksheets.

Sources: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/shel-silverstein
Name______________________________

Listen to the Poem Frozen Dream by Shel Silverstein. Draw an illustration to go

along with the poem below:
Name: ____________________________

How does your illustration represent the poem?

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How is your illustration similar to Shel Silverstein’s illustration? How is it

different?

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