Title – PowerPoint Poetry

By – Katie Patterson

Primary Subject – Language Arts

Secondary Subjects – Computers / Internet

Grade Level – 2-5

Class Periods – 5

Academic Objectives:

• The student will create written poetry to entertain others.
• The student will select their best work to showcase in a class PowerPoint portfolio.

Standard(s):

• 2-4.1
• 2-4.5
• 2-5.3
• 2-5.4

Lesson Introduction:

• The teacher will provide students with poetry templates throughout the week.
• The teacher will give instructions highlighting one particular type of poem per day.

Instructional Process:

Activity #1

: Student will create an acrostic using winter words. This process will include a first copy on notebook paper. After revisions, student will transfer to final copy.




Notes:

Teacher and class will create a “Winter Word Brainstorm” using the Promethean Board.




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Activity #2

: Student will complete a poem about mittens by filling in an incomplete template.


Notes:

Teacher will provide “Mittens” and leave adjectives blank.




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Activity #3

: Student will create a diamante using winter and summer as the beginning and ending topic. Student will enter final copy into computer template and print from website (


http://readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/


).


Notes:

Teacher will create an example on the Promethean Board with the class.




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Activity #4

: Student will create a shape/concrete poem. Student will use a mitten or igloo template for final copies.


Notes:

Student will trace on the back of the final copy to have an exact practice template.




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Activity #5

: Student will select one poem to showcase in the class PowerPoint portfolio. Student will create one slide with at least one effect.


Notes:

Teacher will create one slideshow for all students’ slides.

Assessment/Reflection:

Student will share poem with class as their poem appears in the slideshow.

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