Lesson+Plans


 * **Literary Elements and Devices in Motion Unit ** ||
 * < Name: Betsy Knodel Subject area: Language Arts  Grade level: 7  Time frame: 4 weeks  Lesson title: Literary Elements and Devices in Motion  ||
 * < **Brief lesson/unit Summary/Description ** ||
 * < This unit focuses on the use of literary elements and devices in poetry. The students will be exposed to the literary devices and elements as featured in the //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Reader’s Handbook: A Student Guide for Reading and Learning // by Great Source. Students will study the 22 terms and then create a personal poetry handbook that contains the 22 terms, definitions, examples, and illustrations. Once the poetry booklet is complete, the students will create a PhotoStory3 presentation using a poem of his/her choice focusing on fluency while reading the poem as well as showing at least five elements or devices used in the poem and explaining how the poet used them to the listener. Prior to taping the PhotoStory3 presentation the students will create a storyboard with the pictures and script. Once the presentation is complete, the student will present them to the class. ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">State Content Standard/Benchmark addressed **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|**http://doe.sd.gov/contentstandards/index.asp**] ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">7.R.3.2 Students can identify how authors use literary elements to create meaning. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">7.R.3.3 Students can identify how authors use literary devices to create meaning. ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">21<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">st Century Skill(s)/Theme(s) addressed (see excel spreadsheet) ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The skills addressed in this unit are creativity, innovation, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and ICT literacy. ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Students will understand (lesson/unit objectives): ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Students will identify literary elements and devices in poetry. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Students will understand the use of literary elements and devices in poetry.  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Students will understand the author’s purpose of using literary elements and devices in poetry.  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Students will create a poetry booklet focused on literary elements and device terms, definitions, examples, and illustrations.  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Students will create a PhotoStory3 presentation of a poem to teach elements and devices to his/her classmates.  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Students will take a pre- and posttest to monitor understanding of literary elements and devices in poetry.  ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Essential Questions to guide this unit/lesson and focus teaching and learning: ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">How do writers use literary elements and devices to create meaning in literature? ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Technology & Web 2.0 resources needed (hardware and software, websites) ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Microsoft Publisher <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">PhotoStory3  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">computers  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">printer  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Internet – various sites that deal with poetry  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">book binder  ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Procedure (learning activities)/ lessons of unit ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Activity 1 – Pretest <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Activity 2 – Understanding the terminology in poetry  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Activity 3 – Identifying elements and devices in poetry  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Activity 4 – Poetry booklet  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Activity 5 – Storyboard  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Activity 6 – PhotoStory3 poem story  ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Assessment Method ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Pretest – Achievement Series <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Poetry Booklet - rubric <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">PhotoStory3 Poem Story - rubric <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Posttest – Achievement Series ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Notes: //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">(this area may list accommodations, differentiation, as well as other key information that may not fit into the categories above) // ** ||
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">You can create accommodations to meet the needs of your students. I used extended time to complete the assignment for one of my students. I also used some one-on-one help for two students. Having students evaluate and make revision suggestions for classmates also benefits the majority of the class. ||  ||