Practicing Poetry
Developing Fluency at the Poetry Center (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 2: Consolidation / FluencyStage 3: Literacy for Growth
Ages:
7-10
Grade Range:
2nd 3rd 4thFood Groups:
Primary:
Motivation for Literacy, Reading Fluency & Expression
Transcript
On the first day of the week the boys and girls will chose a poem to read on that following Friday. They will come and select a poem from the container. They will sign the poem in and out of the poetry club book. They will practice that poem all week long for self-selected reading time when we come in in the morning. After they have finished their morning work they are encouraged to recite their poem. For homework they're also learning to read this poem with fluency and expression. On Friday, we'll come in, and we have a celebration using the Karaoke machine. They love the Karaoke machine, it is used for them to say their poem with fluency and expression.
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Activity Objective
The goal of Practicing Poetry: Developing Fluency at the Poetry Center (Virtual Tour) is to help students develop an understanding of different types of poetry.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Read, study, and write a variety of poetry structures including acrostic, rhyme, cinquain, free verse, narrative and Haiku.
- Display poems of the week/month in a pocket chart to review poetry structures.
- Have students share poems they write with an audience using the "author's chair".
- Display students' poems on a bulletin board as an open book of poetry.
- Collect copies of poems being studied and poems written by students in folders or booklets.
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