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For Elementary School Students (grades 3-5)
| Name of Lesson | Objective | Writing Prompt | Model Texts, Multimedia, And Activities |
| Celebrating Setting (prose) | Students will be able to identify the elements of setting in narrative and demonstrate their understanding of these elements in their own writing. | Students will describe where they were and what they were doing the last time they were proud of themselves. | Guess the Setting icebreaker.Model text:The House on Mango Street. Setting Creator (card game). |
| Celebrating Characterization (prose) | Students will be able to recognize the ways authors use characterization to describe the distinctive nature/features of characters in literature and apply them in their own writing. | Students will write about a time they were helped by someone or a time they helped someone else. | “It’s A…” Improv Game. Luxo Jr Pixar Short. S.T.E.A.L. Clue Cards Game. Model Text : Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson. |
| Celebrating Figurative Language (Traditional Poetry) | Students will be able to define poetry, simile, and metaphor and will use figurative language to write a compelling poem of their own. | Students will write a Fruit Salad Poem using figurative language. | Love It or Leave It.(game) Model Texts:My Family by Stacy Zeiger, Metaphor by Open Books Staff. Noun Pair Simile & Metaphor (game). |
| Celebrating Performance (Slam Poetry) | Students will understand what makes Slam Poetry unique and write/perform their own poem focusing on performance techniques [including: volume, expression and/or body language]. | Students will write a Slam Poem about an emotion that they have felt. | Video Examples: Cat Poem By Brave new Voice LA Team 2015, I Can’t Read Lamont Carey. Emo Statues (performance game). |
For Middle/High School Students (grades 6-12)
| Name of Lesson | Objective | Writing Prompt | Model Texts, Multimedia, And Activities |
| Anthropormorphic (Slam Poetry) | Students will understand what makes Slam Poetry unique and write/perform their own poems using anthropomorphism and performance techniques [including: volume, expression and/or body language]. | Students will write their own Slam Poem from the perspective of an inanimate object. | Video Examples: I Can’t Read By Lamont Carey, A Love Letter from a Toothbrush to a Bicycle Tire by Sarah Kay. Emo Statues (performance game). I wasn’t expecting this…(performance game). |
| Sweet Like a Poem (Traditional Poetry) | Students will be able to define poetry, simile, and metaphor and will use figurative language to write a compelling poem of their own. | Students will write a poem about a loved one using the similes and metaphors. | Ice Breaker Intro (game). Model Text and Video Example: Sweet like a Crow by Michael Ondaatje. Build Your Own Bridge (simile and metaphor practice). |
| An Open Letter (persuasive writing) | Students will understand what persuasive writing is, some elements used in persuasive writing, and why it is used. | Students will write a persuasive open letter to their classmates about an opinion of their choosing. | Pizza Topping Icebreaker (game). Media Examples: Burger King, Powerade, and Pepsi Commercials. Oreo Partners / Guess the Noun (game). |