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Discovering Your Discovering Your Vehicle of StewardshipVehicle of Stewardship
PoetryPoetry
Discovering Your Vehicle of
StewardshipBig Understanding: Students will become active, thoughtful readers by knowing how and when to visualize and create rich sensory images as they read, and to maintain this imagery as they read on in a text selection.
KBAD stop, KBAD stop, think, and think, and
draw.draw.Day 1Day 1
Stop, Think, and Draw•Poets do a wonderful job of
creating a picture of what is happening.
•When you read a poem you can draw the setting and action that the poet is describing.
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Turn and Talk
•How can drawing help you better understand a poem?
KBAD KBAD visualize in visualize in response to response to literature.literature.Day 2Day 2
Visualize a Passage•When you respond to a poem
you can describe what you see when the poem is being read.
•Think about what the poet's words make you think of when you read.
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
by Robert Frost
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
Turn and Talk
•What do you think of when you hear this part of the poem?
KBAD imagine KBAD imagine a cast for your a cast for your
characters.characters.Day 3Day 3
Visualize the Characters•When you are reading it is
important to imagine what the characters look like and how they would act.
•Ask yourself, "If a movie was being made of this book, what actor would play the main character?"
Turn and Talk
•What actor should play the main character of your book in the movie version?
KBAD KBAD summarize summarize
what you have what you have read.read.Day 4Day 4
Summarize•Even poetry has a big idea.
•When you summarize, think about what the poem is mostly about.
•Your summary should be two to three sentences long.
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Turn and Talk
•Describe what is happening in this poem.
KBAD KBAD visualize using visualize using
multiple multiple senses.senses.Day 5Day 5
Using Our Senses
•You can use your senses when reading a poem to help you paint a picture.
•Ask yourself, "What would you see, feel, smell, hear, taste if you were in the poem?"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
by Robert Frost
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
Turn and Talk
•Why should you use your senses when reading?
KBAD think KBAD think about the about the
influence of a influence of a poet's poet's
experience experience and setting.and setting.
Day 6Day 6
Poet's Experience•A poet's experience (where they
grew up, places they visited) can influence their writing.
•If someone grew up in the forest their writing might be different than someone who grew up near the ocean.
Turn and Talk
•How might a poet's experience influence their writing?
KBAD find KBAD find examples of examples of
figurative figurative language in a language in a
text.text.Day 7Day 7
Figurative Language•Figurative language is a way
to describe something plain and simple in a beautiful way.
•Types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification
"Life Doesn't Frighten Me"
By: Maya Angelou
Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hail
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Turn and Talk
•Why does a poet use figurative language in their writing?
KBAD examine KBAD examine an author's an author's
purpose when purpose when writing poetry.writing poetry.Day 8Day 8
Author's Purpose•Just like the author of a
chapter book or feature article, a poet writes with a purpose
•They might want to entertain, teach a lesson, or share a message.
"Life Doesn't Frighten Me"
By: Maya Angelou
Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don’t frighten me at all
Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn’t frighten me at all.
Turn and Talk
•Why might a poet write a poem?
KBAD identify KBAD identify the theme of a the theme of a
poem.poem.Day 9Day 9
Identify Theme
•Just like a chapter book, a poem has a theme.
•You want to think about the big idea or message that repeats itself in the poem.
"Give me the Splendid, Silent Sun"
Walt Whitman
Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling;
Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard;
Give me a field where the unmow’d grass grows
Identify Different Identify Different ThemesThemesConservation/ preservation (Selective Logging)
Restoration (Water Quality)
Survival
Man v. wild
Activism
Being a change agent
Types of energy
Toxins/chemicals
Air Quality
Water Quality
Recycling
Hazardous Waste
Good v. Evil
History of Law
Friendships with animals
Cooperation
Seeing other’s point of view
Tragedy/ Overcoming devastation
Rebuilding
Hope
Commitment
Going against the norm
Turn and Talk
•How would you describe the term "theme" to a fourth grader?
KBAD KBAD compare and compare and contrast using contrast using
graphic graphic organizers.organizers.Day 10Day 10
Compare and Contrast•When we read two poems we
can compare their similarities and contrast their differences.
•A graphic organizer like a Venn diagram is a great way to compare and contrast two things.
Turn and Talk
•How can a graphic organizer help you when you're reading?
KBAD examine KBAD examine and explore and explore symbolism.symbolism.
Day 11Day 11
Symbolism•Symbols referring to evil: fire, flames, hot
temperatures and heat
•Symbols referring to death or endings: Gravestones, cemeteries, skulls, candle blowing out, coffins, ringing of the bell, cross bones
•Symbols referring to starting over: rain, rainbows, passing storms, dawn, sunrise
•Symbols referring to love: apple, cupid, harp, heart, shell
•Symbols referring to knowledge: book, candle
Turn and Talk
•Why might a poet use symbols in their writing?
KBAD read KBAD read poetry with poetry with fluency and fluency and expression.expression.Day 12Day 12
Reading Poetry
•A poem is read very differently than a book.
•When you read a poem you read with a beat, you follow a pattern, and you pause in special places.
Turn and Talk
•How is reading a poem different from reading a chapter book?
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