Poetry and Music

AGENDA
Standard: (2.5) Create a connection between literature and the world the students are living in. The students will have the ability to make relevant connections to their everyday lives. Lesson Objective: Students will understand major poetic devices, and have the ability to identify these devices within classic poetry, modern poetry, and music. The students will begin to hear these poetic devices in the music they listen to every day on the radio or on their iPods. Activator: What is a poem? Write down a few poem titles or poet names; you can write down a poem you have heard of, read, listened to, etc. and you can write a few poets names. When you hear the word poetry, what comes to mind? Mini Lesson: Review and introduce poetic devices (see sheet attached). The students will take turns reading each out loud. I will give examples of each poetic device being used to increase students understanding. Learning Activities: Allow students to complete and discuss the What is Poetry sheet in small groups of their choosing for 10 minutes. The students will consider which quote is a song or poem and discuss these thoughts with each other. They will prepare explanations of why they think one way or another. Afterwards, the sheet will be projected on the smart board and we will go over and debate whether a quote is a poem, song, or neither. After this group activity, the students will have a copy of Blackbird by The Beetles. They will listen to the song and find examples of poetic devices within the lyrics. The class will then discuss the presence of poetic devices within this song. The students will chose a song or poem from a hat and analyze this song with their group for poetic devices present. Checking for Understanding: Students will offer their own definition/ understanding of certain poetic devices throughout the mini-lesson

Checking for Understanding: At the end of the learning activity What is Poetry?, students will volunteer to define what can be viewed as a poem.

Wrap Up: The students write down more poets or poems they know of, and they can write if their perception about what poetry is has been changed. Homework: The students will have chosen a song or poem from a hat. They can chose to search for some poetic devices individually before meeting in their groups the next day.

Formative Assessment: Students will demonstrate their understanding of poetic devices while they volunteer their findings within Blackbird and within their individual poems and songs tomorrow. Differentiation Strategies Used/Accommodations Made: Certain students will be assigned two

important elements to find within Blackbird Materials and resources needed: ! List of poetry terms ! What is Poetry sheet? ! Blackbird lyrics ! Several different songs and poems, and multiple copies of each. ! Smart Board ! Smart Board Camera