Grade+1+Poetry

Students will identify 4 items from the poem (metaphor, repetition, personification, pattern) and produce a poem with one of the four elements.
 * Proficiency**


 * Updated Proficiency:** Students will identify a metaphor from a poem and will be able to write a metaphor of their own.


 * Definition of metaphor:** Comparing two things that are not alike and finding something they have in common.

//Metaphors// are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way.

Example: "Eggs are like the sun."

Strategies: Venn diagram Use of examples.

Assessment:


 * Strengths**:

Pattern and repetition: They knew these from a previous unit.


 * Obstacles:**

Personification Metaphor

Collect & Chart Data** || **Step 2 Analyze Strengths & Obstacles** || **Step 3 Establish Goals: Set, Review, Revise** || **Step 4 Select Instructional Strategies** || **Step 5 Determine Results Indicators** || **Next Steps** ||
 * **Date** || **Step 1
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Utilize graphic organizer. Venn diagram??

Use of examples.

Select poems with metaphors! (Regie Routman) ||  ||   ||