Now Available About Strategic Transitions Inc. This lesson provides a simple way to help students visualize and enjoy the poems they read before analyzing poetry. Standard Students construct meaning using a variety of interpretive strategies.
Students draw inferences and make connections based on text and prior knowledge.
Collect a variety of books and other resources that contain poetry. It's a good idea to include poems that use vivid imagery, as well as repetition, alliteration and other sound devices. The week before the lesson, read poetry to the children each day and discuss it informally. If the students develop favorite poems among those you read, make note of them. Gather students around the computer.