Pamela M. Fowler
A.
READING OF SELECTED POEMS
Have a student read the following poems aloud. If no student want to read the teacher will just have to read.
1. Sonnet for my Father—Donald Justice
2. Archy, the cockroach, Speaks—Don Marquis
3. What If—Shel Silverstein
Discuss what the class liked about the poem(s) and what they didn’t. Discuss any problems which were vague.
Mini-Lesson: Line—Stanza
Using the above poems as models, identify each line and stanza. If you have photocopied the poems for each student, have them read through the poem(s) and mark on their paper to identify lines and stanzas. If not, use a transparency or the blackboard and have the children mark ‘L’ for line and ‘S’ for stanza.
Discussion/Questions
B.
WRITING
Koch—WISHES pages 66-85
DAY’S FORMULA AND ASSIGNMENTS
: ‘I Wish . . .’ Ten lines.
Alternating lines rhyme (1&3, 2&4, 5&7, and 9&10).
C.
QUIET UNINTERRUPTED WRITING TIME
D.
SHARE TIME
Pointing: Same as Lesson I
