UNIT X 238 | UNIT 6 Instructional Routine: Writing p. Txxxvi Poetry: Write a Poem • Recognize characteristics of text type Write poems on the board. Ask: What do you know about poems? Help students recall the poems from earlier in the unit. Elicit that poems are used to express feelings. • Understand rhyme and structure Have students read along silently as you read aloud the elements of a poem. Call attention to the terms figurative language, rhyme, and rhyme scheme. Discuss their meanings. Prompt Choose a topic Read aloud the prompt. Have students choose a topic. Say: Read through the topics and choose one. For example, I wrote a poem about Jackie Robinson because he is my hero. It rhymes, has three stanzas, and uses many synonyms. Writing Strategy: Theme Brainstorm a theme Read aloud the information in the writing strategy box. Have students list the central idea they want to express and rhyming words that would help express it. Student Model • Listen actively Read aloud the Student Model as students follow along. Then give students time to read silently to build comprehension. • Recognize academic language Revisit the elements in a poem. Have students underline the words that rhyme and circle the figurative language. (Words that rhyme: mine: time; four: war; tea: free; rule: cruel; free: be; won: done; nurse: purse; name: aim. Figurative language: Which helped her grow the money in her purse). EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Have students brainstorm the what, when, where, and who of their poem. Amplify Have students write a two-stanza poem about meeting someone from colonial America. Student Model Mum Bett by Laura Le Mum Bett has been a hero of mine. She is from a different time. She was born in 1744 Before the American Revolutionary War. Colonists were furious about some tea. In 1775, they fought to be free. They were freed from Britain’s rule, But Bett’s life still remained cruel. Poetry Write a Poem Remember that poetry uses meaning, sound, and rhythm to express feelings. Poems have stanzas. Each stanza usually has the same number of lines. Many poems include: • figurative language • words that rhyme • a rhyme scheme (AABB, ABAB, AAAA, ABA, AAA) She was a slave, so she was not free. She didn’t think this was how it had to be. In May of 1781, she went to court and won. Her life as a slave was finally done. Eventually, she became a nurse, Which helped her grow the money in her purse. She bought a house—that had been her aim, And Elizabeth Freeman became her name. WRITING STRATEGY Theme Think of the theme of the poem. What are a few central ideas you want to communicate? Write words that are connected to the central idea. Find words that rhyme. Write a poem about one of these ideas or use your own idea. Include at least two stanzas and try to make the poem rhyme. • a person who made contributions to the United States • a famous person who is a hero • a person you know who is a hero CONNECT TO Writing UNIT 6 238 UNIT 6 / CONNECT TO WRITING
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