Pamela M. Fowler
A.
READING OF SELECTED POEMS
Pass out photocopies of the poems for the class to read along with. At this point you may want to try some choral reading with the class. Choral reading is an excellent tool when there are children in your class who are two to three reading grade levels below the class average, or if a child cannot read at all. This way the child is not threatened by reading aloud alone in front of his/her peers. It eliminates stress and the threat of embarrassment.
1. Keeping Things Whole—Mark Strand
2. Africa—Langston Hughes
3. Messy Room—Shel Silverstein
Mini Lesson : Sonnet
At this point you will want to review the ‘rules’ pertaining to a sonnet and practice with a group poem before you let the students write on their own.
Entertain questions and clear up any problems the class might have with their writing.
This is a good opportunity to have each sonnet read and have the class help the authors clear up any problems.
You may chose to keep the class in small groups for this assignment.
Discussions/Questions
B. WRITING
Koch—NOISES pages 107-125 Teacher read page 126
DAY’S FORMULA AND ASSIGNMENT:
Continue work with sonnet
