iPod+Poetry+Unit


 * Unit of Study: __Poetry__ **

E.8.3 Create media products appropriate to audience and purpose. B.8.1 Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. **__ Day 1 __**** : Introduction to Poetry: Students use their iPods to participate in a poetry scavenger hunt by reviewing poetry podcasts and websites: ** **__ Day 2 __**** : Introduce cinquain poem genre using the podcast and worksheet. media type="file" key="cinquain.mp3" Assign cinquain. ** **__ Day 3 & 4 __**** : Students recite and record their cinquain poems. Students create illustrations and scan. Then, students upload the images to display with their podcasts. Students may add sound effects and/or through Audacity or Garage Band. Students share with the class via iPods. ** **__ Day 5 __**** : Introduce diamante poem genre using the podcast and websites. media type="file" key="diamante.mp3" Assign diamante poem. [] ** [] Use the worksheet to help plan as well.
 * **Title of Unit: Fifth Grade Poetry ** |||| ** Unit Duration: 1 month ** ||
 * Developed by: Angie Williquette ||
 * ** Subject Area(s):Language Arts ** |||| ** Grade Level(s): 5 **  ||
 * **Information Literacy Standards: **
 * Write informational articles that target audiences of a variety of publications
 * Use desktop publishing to produce products such as brochures and newsletters designed for particular organizations and audiences
 * Create video and audiotapes designed for particular audiences || ** Content Specific Standards: **
 * Write a coherent and complete expository piece, with sufficient detail to fulfill its purpose, sufficient evidence to support its assertions, language appropriate for its intended audience, and organization achieved through clear coordination and subordination of ideas
 * Write a persuasive piece (such as a letter to a specific person or a script promoting a particular product) that includes a clear position, a discernible tone, and a coherent argument with reliable evidence
 * Write a narrative based on experience that uses descriptive language and detail effectively, presents a sequence of events, and reveals a theme
 * Write clear and pertinent responses to verbal or visual material that communicate, explain, and interpret the reading or viewing experience to a specific audience
 * Write creative fiction that includes major and minor characters, a coherent plot, effective imagery, descriptive language, and concrete detail
 * Write in a variety of situations (during an exam, in a computer lab) and adapt strategies, such as revision, technology, and the use of reference materials, to the situation
 * Use a variety of writing technologies including pen and paper as well as computers
 * Write for a variety of readers, including peers, teachers, and other adults, adapting content, style, and structure to audience and situation ||
 * ** Stated Objective(s): **
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msolist: Ignore;"> 1.  **** Students will learn about different types of poems through teacher and professional poet podcasts. **
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msolist: Ignore;"> 2.  **** Students will create a cinquain poem.  **
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msolist: Ignore;"> 3.  **** Students will create a diamante poem. **
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msolist: Ignore;"> 4.  **** Students will create a haiku poem.  **
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 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msolist: Ignore;"> 7.  **** Students will create podcasts of each poem. **
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msolist: Ignore;"> 8.  **** Students will scan and upload their illustrations to create an image for their poems. **
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msobidifontfamily: 'Comic Sans MS'; msolist: Ignore;"> 9.  **** Students will share their podcasts and listen to them via iPods. ** ||
 * ** Materials: **
 * iPods, laptops with wireless internet access, microphones, paper, colored pencils and scanners. ** ||
 * ** Explanation of Unit: **
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 * Students record at least five different types of poems in their Writer’s Workshop notebooks. Discuss student thoughts after about 15 – 30 minutes of hunting. **

**__ Day 6 & 7 __**** : Students recite and record their diamantes as a new podcast. Students create illustrations around the design of their poems (so we can see the diamond shape). Then the students scan and upload their design/illustrations. Students may add sound effects and/or music using Audacity or Garage Band. Students share again. ** **__ Day 8 __**** : Introduce haiku poetry using podcast and worksheet. media type="file" key="haiku.mp3" Assign haiku poem. ** **__ Day 9 & 10 __**** : Students recite and record their haiku poems. Students create illustrations and scan. Then, students upload the images to display with their podcasts. Students may add sound effects and/or through Audacity or Garage Band. Students share with the class via iPods. ** **__ Day 11-13 __**** : Introduce poetry impersonation using __Science Verse__ book, [] **
 * and worksheet. Work through the lesson worksheet as a class. [[file:Science_Verse_package.pdf]] **
 * __Day 14__: Final review of the poem parody. Assign the poem impersonation. **


 * __Day 15 & 16__: Students recite and record their poem parodies. Students create illustrations and scan. Then, students upload the images to display with their podcasts. Students may add sound effects and/or through Audacity or Garage Band. Students share with the class via iPods. **


 * __Day 17__: Poetry celebration “coffee house” style. Students will read their poems while drinking hot cocoa. Students will snap their fingers rather than clap to show their appreciation. Students will have time to download all their classmates' poems. **

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 * __Day 18__: Students respond to the reflection questions. **
 * ** Student Assessment: [[file:poetry_rubric.pdf]] **

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