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1. Yuk cute walks funny eats too much junk stays in black ring on bill MY uen Ju y groups beautiful when it is white spots on black feathers FEELINGS flying Cool friendly Carrying out the activity Poetry is about feelings A student s response to a walk in the woods or seagulls flying in the schoolyard may not require any research However some students may need Internet time to look for information or vocabulary in order to write their poems Activity 1 You may have already read poems chanted nursery rhymes or sung songs in your class If not it is important that you expose your students to some poetry before you ask them to write poetry The more you do the better the results See the Teacher s Page for information and websites on different types of poems and how to write poetry in About Poetry Activity 2 After reading and enjoying poems your students can model attempt a collective poem on the board where each group in your class gets to invent a line Here is a word cinquain example see About Poetry for more information Group 1 chooses the topic Seagulls Group 2 describe Noisy screaming Group 3 action Fight over food Group 4 feeling Invade our recess fun Group 5 another word for topic Scavengers Activity 3 Next have students write their own poems Include the stages of first draft self and peer revision and final copy Assimilation Transfer of learning Have students reflect on the strat2. talking about A very tall tree stops my skin from burning in this scorching sunlight Sh ad e For more information on the different types of poems and how to write poetry visit the following websites Giggle poetry www gigglepoetry com How to write funny poetry www poetry4kids com howto html How to write poems via Teacher Zone Www poetryzone ndirect co uk index2 htm How to teach poetry Poetry theater Poetry activities Www poetryteachers com Poetry plus www trib com johnbn poetry teach htm Forms of poetry falcon jmu edu ramseyil poeform htm Type in address Ideas for writing poetry in the classroom www netaxs com katz teachers htm E muse 15 poems you can write now www poetryexpress org Children s Corner An Anthology of Children s Poems www geocities com Heartland Hills 3678 children htm The Mother Goose Pages www personal umich edu pfa dreamhouse nursery rhymes html Type in address Student Self Evaluation Checklist Name d Ily use OF Stratagias t wrta Check v one or more boxes HEDDET Iam good at asking for help in English using what I know about the topic doing research looking for information following models provided by the teacher Next time to improve I have to know what I am supposed to do pay attention and concentrate on the right things take risks by using new vocabulary practice try and try again C
3. egies they used to get their ideas to find the vocabulary they needed to express their ideas and to structure their poems Students then complete the Student Self Evaluation Checklist Encourage your students to experiment with different poetry forms using topics of their choice Each student is now responsible for creating a page in the slide show This involves selecting a photo or photos as a background selecting type font and size for the poem and planning the general layout of the slide How to set up your poetry photo album using AppleWorks Slide Show Reference AppleWorks 5 User s Manual Step 1 Download the photos from your digital camera into a file on your computer Step 2 To create slides you first have to open a document If you open a draw document for instance the easiest to do each page in your document will become one slide Select the number of pages slides you plan to create under Document Step 3 Enter the information you want on each page For the poetry photo album students will copy and paste photos taken with the digital camera and type their poems onto the photos they have selected to accompany their poems Step 4 Once all the slides on the pages of your document have been created you can set up the slide show determine in what order you want the slides to appear and choose visual effects such as fading looping or advancing at a set number of seconds To choose these effects click Slide Sho
4. ms can then also be evaluated Present your album to a wider audience during open house night teacher parent conferencing school assemblies or in the front lobby showcasing students work Play it on a monitor or use a multimedia projector About Poetry Poetry is a writing form that is seldom explored in the second language classroom It has rhythm and sometimes rhyme it is easy to write it has few rules and allows children to express themselves in a new way You may want to guide your students writing by chosing one of the following poetry forms Couplet a two line poem or two line stanza that usually rhymes I look at the tree The tree looks at me Its leaves wave goodbye As they float to the sky Haiku a three line poem usually about nature with a set number of syllables per line 5 7 5 Go easy on the syllables for ESL students The oak tree looks bored No leaves blow in its branches It waits for springtime Word cinquain Line 1 the subject in 1 word Line 2 describe the subject in 2 words Line 3 express the subject in action in 3 words Line 4 express a feeling about the subject in 4 words Line 5 another word for the subject See Seagulls Acrostic poem Write the subject vertically Each letter of the word begins the first word of each line Shiny and hot Umbrella of warmth Need it to live Concrete poem This poem takes the shape of what the poem is
5. of learning To write texts Environmental creativity Awareness To use ICT TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU Description of the task In this task students create a poetry photo album using a presentation application The theme of this album is centered on some aspect of their physical environment outside the school Students work individually and in small groups at the computer Target group adaptable to any level Duration 4 6 classes Material digital camera presentation application PowerPoint AppleWorks Slide Show Key Note etc notepads to record thoughts The task is presented here in AppleWorks Slide Show see How to set up your poetry photo album using AppleWorks Slide Show and PowerPoint Evaluation Cross Curricular Competencies To use creativity is targeted to see how well students express their ideas in new ways The evaluation of the use of Information and communications technologies ICT in this task begins with the production of the slide show and focuses on the student s ability to create a poem photo page in the slide show The means of evaluation for both competencies is a Teacher Evaluation Checklist ESL Competencies To write texts is targeted to evaluate the student s use of strategies The means of evaluation is a Student Self Evaluation Checklist Preparation of the activity 1 During class time take an observation walk around your school and have students bring small notepads to dra
6. omments Teacher Evaluation Checklist The aaam and ts oresentation in tne alouyn Makes effective Class Is receptive to Demonstrates use of computer trying to express originality in throughout ideas in a new his her poem production Student s name Legend 1 Excellent 2 Good 3 Need to improve
7. w and take notes in Bring along a digital camera so students can take photos When you return to class discuss the different topics you have come up with 2 Select a topic that you found in your school s environment Pick something obvious that you see everyday but look at it in a new way Here are some ideas seasonal changes in a forest animals in your schoolyard birds in your schoolyard trees in your schoolyard trees planted by graduation classes the school s neighbours footprints in the snow footprints in the mud garbage in your schoolyard the school at nighttime images that cracks in rocks make images that cloud formations make 3 Brainstorm with your students about what they felt what they know and what they need to know about their topic This includes vocabulary They may know that seagulls for instance eat dead animals and garbage but they may not know the term scavenger Draw a word web on the board with your topic in the centre Write down everything you know and everything you want to know Your students may need to do a little research to fill in the blanks What is the name of the gull we see in our yard Where does it go likes to fight over food in the winter TYPE i eats fish garbage lives near water anything FOOD HOME and its food other gulls and lack of food harm chicks pollution ENEMIES hite d DESCRIPTION Seagull greenish yellow bill and legs noisy
8. w from the Window menu In the Slide Show dialog box choose the options you want and then click Done Step 5 In the Slide Show dialog box you can change the order of your slides by simply dragging the page number slide number to where you want it to be Step 6 Now it s time to present Click Slide Show in the Window menu and then click Start Your presentation is saved as a draw document but uses the Slide Show application to present it One word of advice When pasting a photo onto an entire page as a background make sure it is no bigger than the page if it is any bigger than the page it will bleed onto the next page You can check for this by previewing your slide show Teacher s Page Evaluation criteria and means The teacher evaluates the originality of the poem and its presentation in the application using the Teacher Evaluation Checklist Students evaluate their use of strategies during the process of poetry writing by using the Student Self Evaluation Checklist pict ncie gt Evaluation criteria te evaluated by teacher Originality of connections among the elements Effective use of computer tools pnpeten Evaluation criterion SL evaluated by student To write Use of strategies texts When projecting the poetry photo album to your class you may wish to have your students recite their poems or if time permits have students read and record their poems into the presentation Pronunciation of their poe
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