Espresso Your Feelings in Poetry

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Espresso Your Feelings in Poetry

Description:

Students discover that using descriptive, figurative, and vivid language to write free verse can be a fun form of self-expression. Students create poems using online resources and share their creations in a "coffeehouse" setting.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Writing (composition), Literature

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Similes, Poems, Verse, Silverstein, Shel, Figurative language, Poetry, Metaphor, Descriptive writing, Prelutsky, Jack

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Dee Camp-White

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/LA.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student drafts and revises writing that

is focused, purposeful, and reflects insight into the writing situation;
conveys a sense of completeness and wholeness with adherence to the main idea;
has an organizational pattern that provides for a logical progression of ideas;
has support that is substantial, specific, relevant, concrete, and/or illustrative;
demonstrates a commitment to and an involvement with the subject;
has clarity in presentation of ideas;
uses creative writing strategies appropriate to the purpose of the paper;
demonstrates a command of language (word choice) with freshness of expression;
has varied sentence structure and sentences that are complete except when fragments are used purposefully;
and has few, if any, convention errors in mechanics, usage, and punctuation.

4. demonstrates a command of the language including precise word choice and use of appropriate figurative language

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 2: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.

The student uses electronic technology including databases and software to gather information and communicate new knowledge.

1. uses electronic technology appropriate to writing tasks (including but not limited to the Internet, databases and software) to create, revise, retrieve, and verify information

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Language Arts (1996)

Strand B: Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

The student produces final documents that have been edited for

correct spelling;
correct punctuation, including commas, colons, and semicolons;
correct capitalization;
effective sentence structure;
correct common usage, including subject/verb agreement, common noun/pronoun agreement, common possessive forms, and with a variety of sentence structure, including parallel structure;
and correct formatting.

6. uses creative writing strategies appropriate to the format (for example, using appropriate voice; using descriptive language to clarify ideas and create vivid images; using elements of style, such as appropriate tone)

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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