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Emergent |
Capable |
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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). |
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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
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Self-assessment
Creating images with
Powerpoint
Creating Poetry Files
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Self-assessment
Creating Images with Powerpoint
Creating Poetry Files
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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
ABC Raps
PBS Kids Activities
Poems and Rhymes and Things to Do
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Express yourself through movement and mime. |
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
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Poetry Presentation
Choral Poetry
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Coffee House
Poetry Presentations
Genre Presentation
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Coffee House
Oral Interpretations : ideas to assist with recitation of poetry
Slam Poetry
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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 |
Poetry Journal and Samples
Magnetic Poetry: Play with words on-line!
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30 Days of Poetry
Magnetic Poetry - sorting
Journal stems
Poetry tools for metaphors
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Magnetic Poetry - sharing ideas with friends
Hearing written poetry
Learning the genres
Poem Hunter
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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
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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
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Naturalistic
- How are poets inspired by nature?
- Can you use poetry to describe the five senses?
Explore: Haiku (breathe in, hold the thought, and let it go)
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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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CBC for Kids
Wordle: word posters
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CBC for Kids
Wordle: word posters |
Diamonte prompt
Cinquain Prompt
Scholastic Poetry Ideas
Wordle: word posters
Venn Diagram
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I have a wonderful book resource for this:
Wordle: word posters
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