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Beginner |
Emergent |
Capable |
Advanced |
Interpersonal
- Can we create poetry as a group by brainstorming together and using each others' ideas?
- What messages do poets attempt to get across: social justice, change, compassion?
- Who are your favourite authors? What are they like as people?
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Creating pictures and webs to express feelings and emotional responses.
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Teacher-directed collaborative web creation (Inspiration, SmartBoard). |
Poetry circles and poet-trees for sharing favourite and personal poems.
Collaborative Poetry
Poetry Lessons by Teachers
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Peer assessment and critique (2 stars and a wish).
Glogs
Poetry Slam
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Intrapersonal
- How can poetry journals and books be used to explore your thoughts and ideas?
Explore: Free verse, imagery
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Learn Now BC!
Starfall
Journal
Scrap Book: collecting powerful images to evoke thoughts/feelings
Listening to Accessible Books
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Learn Now BC!
Starfall
Using PowerPoint for poetry
Poetry Journals
Humourous
Poetry
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Self-assessment
Personal Interpretation with
Powerpoint
Creating Poetry Files
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Poetry Webquest
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Kinesthetic
- Can poetry be expressed through movement? Dance?
Explore action poetry, songs, personnification, use different textures and media to create poems: collage, 3-D poetry
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Act out poetry with:
ABC Raps
PBS Kids Activities
Poems and Rhymes and Things to Do
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Express yourself through movement and mime: |
Artful poets:
Poetry Tableaux
Fold Me Poem: Origami
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Poetry in Action:
Sports Poetry Rubric
Dancing Through Poetry
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Language (Spoken)
- How does poetry change with tone of voice, cadence?
Explore: onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme schemes
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Poetry Presentation
Choral Poetry
Teaching recitation
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Poetry Presentation
Choral Poetry
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Coffee House
Poetry Presentations
Genre Presentation
Tips and poems for memorizing
Different interpretations of a poem
Poetry Recordings
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Coffee House
Oral Interpretations : ideas to assist with recitation of poetry
Slam Poetry
Poetry Archives
Recordings of Poems
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Language (Written)
- Which poems do you like to read?
- Which poems do you like to write?
Explore: poetry anthologies, picture books, catalogue poetry, limericks, couplets, powerful words using a thesaurus
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Clerihews - 4-line poems
Sausage Poems
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Poetry Journal and Samples
Magnetic Poetry: Play with words on-line!
Writing Tips
Letter Poems
Line Breakers
Twisting Words
Up-Down Poems
Popcorn Poetry
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30 Days of Poetry
Magnetic Poetry - sorting
Journal stems
Poetry tools for metaphors
On-line acrostic poems
Weaving Technology into Poetry
Poetry Stations
Create from a model Poem
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Magnetic Poetry - sharing ideas with friends
Hearing written poetry
Learning the genres
Poem Hunter
Poker Poetry
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Logical-Mathematical
- How can we define a poem by the number of syllables, verses, couplets or by its rhyme scheme?
Explore: Cinquain, haiku, diamante, limerick, hexaquad, couplet, sonnet
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Rhyming Couplets |
Triplets
Haiku Gallery
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Quatrain
Cinquain
Shadow Play
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Senryu
Tanka
Diamante
Teaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry
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Musical
- Which lyrics do you enjoy most? Why?
- Can you write your own lyrics to music?
- How does the beat of the music affect the words to the lyrics?
Explore: rap, jazz, rock, nursery rhymes,
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Nursery Rhymes
Sound and Silly Rhymes
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Limerick generator
Cadence, rhythm and rhyme
Giggle Poetry
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Rhyming Dictionary
Writing Jingles
Sound Poetry
Examples of Poetic Devices
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How to teach rap
Lessons on Poetic Device
Poetry through:
Rock music
Jazz music
Using sound technology
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Naturalistic
- How are poets inspired by nature?
- Can you use poetry to describe the five senses?
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Explore: Haiku (breathe in, hold the thought, and let it go)
Writing Haiku
Nature and Haiku
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Nature and Poetry
Poetry is like dissecting a flower
Theme poetry: wind and weather
Water Dance
Student poems on environmental issues
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Haiku - Oceans
Nature Haiku Slides
Eco-Poetry Lesson
Video on Environmental Issues
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Visual-Spatial
- How does the layout of the poem affect how we read it?
- Can poetry become even more meaningful with illustrations, graphics, choice of layout, font size and colour, backgrounds?
Explore: cinquain, concrete poem, diamante,
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Artistic Poetry
CBC for Kids
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Playing with words and shapes and images:
On-line shape poem helper
Wordle: word posters
Scholastic Poetry Ideas
Lesson Plan for Meaning-Making
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Layout and visual arts for meaning
Prompts for:
Diamante
Cinquain
Poster work
The Cremation of Sam McGee
3-D Poetry
Venn Diagram
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Shaped whimsey:
Concrete Poems (Mike)
PowerPoint Poetry Presentations
A Poke in the I
Creative video from diamante poem (Karen)
Wordle: word posters
Wear your Poem
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Comments (5)
Karen said
at 5:46 pm on Feb 2, 2009
Sorry, Karina, we are finding this very hard to follow; we would like to discuss this with you on Thurs. Need it to feel more user friendly. For instance, instead of 4 tic tac toes how about one grid organized by poetry activities and within activiites hightlight Gardner's Intelligence and level.
some Fairview staff at the UDL Cafe.
Karina Younk said
at 1:44 am on Feb 8, 2009
What do you think of this new layout? On the left are the exploration questions. Under each of the skill levels we could have both resource links and activity links. Would this work? I would change the titles to reflect what students would be looking for in each area. Remember that once we are happy with our unit outline, we can either open this page up to students or post specific sections on our school website.
Karen said
at 11:08 am on Feb 10, 2009
Karina, the questions are very helpful; I added teachers into this; isn't this for teachers as well for instructional ideas etc. Criteria and rubics are good posted for both students and teachers.
Karen said
at 11:12 am on Feb 10, 2009
Karina, I just went into CBC for Kids and I don't understand why this web site is here??? Please explain.
Mallory Burton said
at 8:05 pm on May 27, 2009
I finally had a chance to really have a good look at your poetry unit and an hour later I'm still delighted and exploring websites! I hope somebody got to teach the popcorn poetry lesson and the magnetic poetry must be awesome on the SB. What a great collection of activities, and such a great idea to organize the activities by Gardner's Intelligences. What a great resource!
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