Week+5+lesson+plan

LA.2.4.1.2 The student will compose simple stories, poems, riddles, rhymes, or song lyrics. LA.2.5.2.4 The student will listen politely to oral presentations by classmates.

- Students will create an acrostic poem using their name or another word that describes something about them in no less than four letters. - Students will complete a self-reflection on that poem. - Students will share their poems with the class.
 * Objectives:**


 * Procedure:**

1. Introduce acrostic poems by reading a few examples. 2. Develop an acrostic poem with the help of the class; use the school’s name, name of mascot, or name of class pet as the word. 3. Tell the students that they will each work individually on their own acrostic poems using any word that relates to them personally (their name, their pet's name, etc.), and that the word must be at least four letters long. 4. Provide dictionaries for all students. 5. Walk around the room as the students work, encouraging them and offering suggestions. 6. When students finish their poems, supply a self-reflective assessment that student’s will answer about their own work. 7. Teacher will ensure that the poem is done with a full word and there are no words that have less than four letters. 8. The students will share their poem and why they picked their subject, with the class.


 * Assessment:**

See that the student has completed the acrostic poem, using words within the poem with no less than four letters, and a subject pertaining to them personally. The students will have completed their self-assessment and read their poems to the class. Following this, the students will work individually on creating another acrostic poem, however every student will use the word 'STUDENT' as the word for the poem. When finished, the students will be placed in small group and they will discuss the different ideas that they each came up with to create the 'STUDENT' acrostic poems.


 * Modifications for Different Learning Styles:**

ESOL students- The teacher can provide an example of an acrostic poem that is written in the ESOL's student first language to the ESOL student.

Visual-Spatial learners- When the teacher is writing an acrostic poem with the help of the class, he or she can display the poem on an overhead or the white board.

Bodily-Kinesthetic learners- These learners will be using their motor skills when they write their own poems and can stand up in front of the class to share their poem.

Musical learners- When the teacher is introducing the acrostic poems, he or she can read a few examples in a rhythm. Also, the teacher can play a recording of a poet that is saying a poem in a rhythm.

Interpersonal learners- As the teacher walks around the room to encourage students and offer suggestions, these learners can also offer suggestions and receive suggestions from a student that is sitting next to them.

Intrapersonal learners- This lesson already accommodates these learners because these learners like to work on assignments by themselves and in this lesson they do. Students have to come up with their own acrostic poems and are given a self-assessment.

Linguistic learners- This lesson also already accommodates these learners because these learners like to read and write and that is what students do in this lesson. Students have to write acrostic poems and read them to the class.

Logical-Mathematical learners- These learners love to think logically, so they can write a double or triple acrostic poem instead of a single one. It is more difficult.

Naturalist learners- In this lesson, students are able to write an acrostic poem about anything that relates to them personally as long as the word is four letters or more. Since naturalists love the outdoors, they can choose to write an acrostic poem about it.

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** Lyrics to Music: **
= God Bless the U.S.A. = ** by Lee Greenwood **

If tomorrow all the things were gone I'd worked for all my life And I had to start again With just my children and my wife

I'd thank my lucky stars To be living here today ‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom And they can't take that away

And I'm proud to be an American Where at least I know I'm free And I won’t forget the men who died Who gave that right to me

And I gladly stand up next to you And defend her still today ‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

From the lakes of Minnesota To the hills of Tennessee Across the plains of Texas From sea to shining sea

From Detroit down to Houston And New York to L.A. Well there's pride in every American heart And it’s time we stand and say

That I'm proud to be an American Where at least I know I'm free And I wont forget the men who died Who gave that right to me

And I gladly stand up next to you And defend her still today ‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

And I'm proud to be and American Where at least I know I'm free And I won’t forget the men who died Who gave that right to me

And I gladly stand up next to you And defend her still today ‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

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