Teacher Modeling “I Do” in lesson
Throughout the unit the teacher is giving her own examples of figurative language as well as
poems to show what they are learning. On day 9 students will be creating poems.
“Today, we are going to learn how to brainstorm ideas in order to create our poems later. I will
be putting you guys in different groups and giving you guys different rubrics of what I would
like to see you have in your poems. Here is this brainstorming web that we will be using in order
to create our poems. First, I’m going to show you guys how to fill out a brainstorming web.
When you are brainstorming you have a central idea or a main idea you want to talk about during
your writing. So that central idea is going to go on the center big bubble. Now that you have your
central idea you want to brainstorm what you want to talk about, for example if my central idea
for my poem is going to be “seasons” the smaller bubbles are going to have the different seasons
and key words to describe each season. You will do this until you fill your web with ideas that go
with your central topic that you want your poem to show us.”
Guiding students/ teacher support “We Do” Portion of lesson plan
“First, I want everyone to write your name and todays date at the top. Now the first group I
would like you to write in the center bubble your topic which can be your favorite hobby or how
you describe yourselves, for example I put “Tumbling” in my main bubble, this is my favorite
hobby and since I put it on the center big bubble that is going to be my topic . Now second group
in the center bubble I want you to write a topic of your choice, it can be your favorite food,
person, hobby, or about feelings. I’m going to put happiness and the last group I also want you to
write whatever you would like your main topic of your poem to be, you can convey any message
you would like. Let all remember that we want our poem to be something meaningful and a topic
we can carry on through the whole poem. So now I’m going to write in the other bubbles what
tumbling means to me and what tumbling is. I’m going to be using key words of how I would
describe it and what is needed for my hobby to be done. On one bubble I’m going to put strength
because when you are tumbling you need to be strong. The next bubble I’m going to put backflip
because that is a tumbling skill. Now I want you guys to brainstorm what you would like to
describe about your topics and some key words. If you need help, please raise your hand. Now
that we have our web filled out let’s keep all of this in mind when we start writing our poems.”
Students will Show Their Knowledge “You Do” Portion
In this portion students will be writing their own poem. They will have the rest of the day to
finish their poem and take it home to complete. They will have to check off as they go what they
have done in their poem rubric. If they need help or have any questions, they are more than
welcomed to raise their hand.
The next day students will come to class ready to present their poem during the poetry slam.
