NAME: Marilyn Taylor

.CURRICULAR AREA: 5th Grade Literature UNIT TITLE: Writing Poems

LESSON TITLE: Writing Poetry, Putting Words together Creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative ideas and use language creatively. To help students appreciate poetry.

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with "I'm an amiable dragon" p. 6-7. construction paper, colored pencils, scissors, blackboard, colored chalk, paste.

MOTIVATION : Allow students chose sounds, colors and images for their assigned group of poems.

RESOURCES: Textbook of poems, Jack Prelutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight." Dictionary , CDs, recordings of birds, airplanes, wind or rain sounds, enlarged pictures of dragon p. 6- 7.

ACTIVITY : Divide class of 20 students into 4 groups of five. Review p. 6- 7. Group chose a student to read poem p. 6- 7 aloud to group. Ask students to close their eyes and listen to group leader read aloud.

Each group rearrange wording for "I'm an amiable dragon," draw a group picture of sounds, and colors.

Groups report back to class 15 minutes before dismissal with new arrangement and group picture.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANIZATION: Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD Students

EVALUATION: I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned a student with adequate reading ability to each group to read aloud. All students in group participated with selecting colors for drawings, and words.

NAME: Marilyn Taylor

2. LESSON TITLE: Writing Poetry, Putting Words together Creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative

ideas and use language creatively. To help students appreciate

and enjoy poetry. Encourage student to brain storm and work as a team.

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with "1 wish I had a dragon," p. 12-13. construction paper, scissors, colored pencils, paste, popcicle sticks, chalkboard, colored chalk.

MOTIVATION : Encourage students to change wording, colors and change the name of the dragon to another animal.

RESOURCES: Poems by Jack Prelutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight." Dictionary, CD's, recordings of birds, airplanes, wind or animal sounds, enlarged pictures of dragon p. 12-13.

ACTIVITY: Each group of students make models or puppets of dragons and other animals. Group chose a student to read "I wish I had a dragon" p. 12-13 aloud. Each group report back to class 15 minutes before dismissal with puppets and new wording arrangements.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANIZATION : Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD Students

EVALUATION: I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned a student with adequate reading ability to each group to read aloud to group. All students in group participated with selection of colors for puppets.

3. LESSON TITLE: Writing Poetry, Putting Words together creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative ideas and use language creatively. To help students appreciate and enjoy poetry. Encourage student to brain storm and work as a team.

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with "I made a mechanical dragon," p. 14-15 construction paper, scissors, colored pencils, paste, chalkboard, colored chalk.

MOTIVATION: Encourage students to become involved in choral reading, improvise background music, sing softly during reading of poetry reading.

RESOURCES: Poems by Jack Prelutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight," recording of "Old Mac Donald," enlarged pictures of dragon

p. 14-15.

ACTIVITY: Students in each group chose an animal from Mac Donald's Farm to improvise in the poem. Each group write the lyrics "I made a mechanical dragon" to the tune of Old Mac Donald. A student from each group will demonstrate their version to class the last 15 minutes of class.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANTZA TT.ON: Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD students

EVALUATION: I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned a student with adequate reading ability to each group to read the Dragon poem aloud to the Mac Donald song.

4. LESSON TITLE: Writing Poetry, Putting Words Together Creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative ideas and use language creatively. To help students appreciate poetry .

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with words and phrases from "My dragon wasn't feeling good" p. 18-19.

*He/she had a nasty chill, blue nose was running, *doctor, pulse, temperature, turpentine, shivering, *neighborhood, gasoline, red, ill.

Construction paper, colored pencils, blackboard, colored chalk.

MOTIVATION: Encourage students to change wordings, use words or phrases that come into their heads and not worry if it does not make sense or rhyme.

RESOURCES: Poems by Jack Prellutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight." Dictionary, CDs, recordings of birds, airplanes sounds, enlarged pictures of dragon p. 18-19.

ACTIVITY : Student in each group read words and phrases from worksheet aloud. Each group rewrite words and phrases from worksheet list and report back to class 15 minutes before dismissal.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANIZATION: Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD Students

EVALUATION: I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned student with adequate reading ability to each group to read aloud to group. All students in group participated with changing wordings, brainstorming, and rewriting the poem.

5. LESSON TITLE: Writing Poetry, Putting Words Together Creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative ideas and use language creatively. To help students appreciate poetry.

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with words and phrases from "Nasty little dragonsong" p. 16-17.

Construction paper, colored pencils, blackboard, colored chalk, scissors, and rulers.

MOTIVATION: Encourage students to change wordings, use words or phrases that come into their heads, and do not worry ifit does not make sense.

RESOURCES: Poems by Jack Prellutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight." Dictionary, CDs, enlarged pictures of dragon p. 16-17.

ACTIVITY: Chose a student in each group to read poem (p.16) aloud. Pass out numbers and assign students in each group every third line in poem and a number (1-5). Blow a whistle and have each number from group read aloud in unison when called.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANIZATION: Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD Students

EVALUATION: I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned student with adequate reading ability to each to read aloud. All students participated reading aloud in unison.

6. LESSON TITLE: Writing Poetry, Putting Words Together Creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative ideas and use language creatively. To help students appreciate poetry.

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with words and phrases from "I have a dozen dragons" p. 28-29.

*dozen them mall closet, horns jump scales, *eat kitchen basin, ink splash pickles, *mixed herd stare, green fires kitten, *breathing ice cream, pickles burn,

Construction paper, colored pencils, blackboard, colored chalk.

MOTIVATION: Encourage students to change wordings, use words or phrases that come into their heads and not worry if it does not make sense or rhyme.

RESOURCES: Poems by Jack Prellutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight." Dictionary, CDs, recordings of birds, airplane sounds, enlarged picture of dragon p. 28-29.

ACTIVITY : Student in each group read words and phrases aloud. Each group rewrite words and phrases from worksheet and report back to class 15 minutes before dismissal.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANIZATION : Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD students

EVALUATION: I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned a student with adequate reading ability to each

group read aloud poem (p.28). Students in group completed worksheet.

7. LESSON TITLE: Writing Poetry, Putting words together creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative ideas

and use language creatively. To help students appreciate and enjoy poetry. Encourage students to brain storm and work as a team.

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with "A dragon is in my computer," p. 32-33. Construction paper, scissors, colored pencils, paste, chalkboard, colored chalk.

MOTIVATION : Encourage students to become involved in choral reading, improvise background music, sing softly during reading of poetry reading.

RESOURCES: Poems by Jack Prelutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight," recording of"Old Mac Donald," enlarged pictures of dragon p. 32-33.

ACTIVITY: Students in each group chose an animal from Mac Donald's farm to improvise in poem p. 33. A student from each group will demonstrate their version to the class the last 15 minutes before dismissal.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANIZATION : Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD students

EVALUATION: I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned a student with adequate reading ability to each group read aloud, " A dragon is in my computer" to "Old Mac Donald."

8. LESSON tiTLE: Writing Poems, putting words together creatively

OBJECTIVES: to invite students to stretch their imaginations, to trigger creative

ideas and use language creatively. To help students appreciate poetry.

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT: Worksheet with "I have a secret dragon" p. 34-35. Construction paper, colored pencils, scissors, blackboard, colored chalk, paste.

MOTIV A TION : Allow students chose sounds, colors and images for their assigned group of poems.

RESOURCES: Textbook of poems, Jack Prelutsky, "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight." Dictionary, CDs, recordings of birds, airplanes, wind or rain sounds, enlarged pictures of dragon p. 34-35.

ACTIVITY: Each group choOse a student to read poem p. 35 aloud, students close their eyes and listen to reader. Each group rearrange wording for "1 have a secret dragon," draw a group picture of sounds, colors, and report to class 15 minutes before class dismissal.

TEACHING TECHNIQUE/ORGANIZATION : Cooperative teaching, discussion, peer learning.

SPECIAL NEEDS: Read aloud for LD Students

EVALUATION : I used cooperative learning approach by having students in groups with peers. Assigned a student with adequate reading ability to each group to read aloud. All students in group participated with selecting colors for drawings, and words.