Nevaeh

Seth

Objective: Teaching students how to analyze and read poems from a variety of authors.

Students should be able to read and analyze poems on their own.

Instructional Input:

1) We are going to put a poem on the screen

2) After the poem is on the screen we will proceed to hand out a copy of that poem to each

student.

3) After students have a copy of the poem one of us teachers are going to read the poem,

on the whiteboard.

4) We are going to start using text clues and past knowledge such as metaphors, similes,

and so on to analyze the poem and the students should be helping and giving input/

write down what we are writing on the board on their paper copy.

5) After going over the first poem we will pick up that poem and then we will pass out

another poem and let them try it on their own for a few, after time is up we will help them

by doing it on the board to see if the students got all of the parts of the poem analyzed.

6) After analyzing the second poem first on their own then as a whole we will pick up the

second poem.

7) After the second poem is picked up we will hand out a third one as an assessment that

is completely on their own.

8) Once the student is done with their assessment they will raise their hand and then we

will collect them.

9) Once collected we will grade them and hand back to the student so that the student can

see their grade for the lesson.

Practice Activity: We will give the students about 10 minutes to read and start analyzing the

poem on their own. Once time is up we will put the second poem on the screen, over the

second poem as a large group but get all insight and ideas from the students. If students missed

anything we will add it to the list that they came up with.

Assessment: We will hand out the third poem and the students will read and analyze the poem

on their own. And the student will raise their hand when they are done, we will come over and

collect it. Once all are collected will be done with the lesson. We will then grade the papers in

private and then hand it back to the students.

Assessment Rubric:

Category 4 3 2 1

Theme Students Students Students know Students don’t

understand what understand what the theme is understand what
the poem partially what but they don’t the poem
(explain what it the poem know how to get represents and
means) represents it and they can doesn't know what
represents and and has a bit explain what the the theme is or
how to find the of the theme poem means. what it even
theme. correct. means.

Comprehension Students Students Students Student has

understands the understands understands trouble
poem, most of the some parts of the understanding the
accurately poem, poem, accurately poem,
answer accurately answers some inaccurately
questions answers most questions. answers the
relating to the questions. questions
story.
Interpretation The students are Students see Students are able Students can’t find
able to why author to use text text evidence to
understand why chose certain evidence to point explain the
the author chose words, finds out symbolism symbolism.
certain words, some (can’t explain)
uses evidence evidence to doesn’t
from the text to explain understand why
explain symbolism. the author chose
symbolism. certain words.

Analysis Students Students are Students can’t Students can’t find

understand the able to point find the text the text structure
text structure of out text structure, and or explain how it
the poem and structure and they have trouble affects the mood.
are able to relate sometimes be relating the text
it to how it able to relate structure to the
affects the mood it to the mood.
of the poem. mood.

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