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Title - Spider Haiku Poems
By - Jennifer Dalke
Subject - Language Arts, Science
Grade Level - 4-5
Unit contents:
Subject: Writing
Illinois State Goals: 1. Read with understanding and fluency
2. Read and understand literature representative of various
societies, eras, and ideas
3. Write to communicate for a variety of purposes
Instructional Objective:
Students will pretend that they are spiders and write a haiku poem about them, their webs, their
victims, etc.
Supplies:
* writer's notebooks
* blackboard
Anticipatory Set:
* I will ask the children if they have ever seen a spider web. What does it look like? What kind
of shape does it have?
* I will ask them to name other things that have the same shape as a spider web. Bicycle
wheels? Ferris Wheels? Merry-go-rounds? I will make a list of these ideas on the board
Activities:
1. I will ask the children if they know any poems by heart. Students will be encouraged to share
them with the class.
2. I will ask them what makes up a poem. I will read them a portion out of the newspaper and
ask them if it is a poem. Why or why not?
3. I will introduce the idea of a haiku poem, showing children how they are made up. I will ask
children to make up different lines so we can make up our own haiku as a class. I will write this
on the board, noting proper structure.
4. I will ask students to take out their notebooks and turn to the page entitled Carnival Webs. I
will ask them to pretend that they are spiders and bicycle wheels, Merry-go-rounds, or other
ideas, are their webs. They should read the directions at the top of the page, and write a haiku
poem about their experiences.
5. Students will have fifteen to twenty minutes to write their poems, and then I will have them
volunteer to read their poems aloud.
Adaptations:
Cassie (LD)- I will have her work with another student who I know has a firm grasp on the idea
of a haiku poem. I will ask them to make up two poems, with both of them giving input, and the
aiding child helping Cassie to understand the structure of the poem.
Closure:
* Students will be asked to put their heads down on their desks with their eyes closed. I will
instruct them to raise their hand when I say the name of the child whose poem they thought was
the best. The student who receives the most votes will receive a special award.
* I will ask students to return their writer's notebooks to their proper place.
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated on their writing. Their poems should follow the correct structure, and
they should cover the correct writing topic.
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