Lesson Plan

➢ Name of Lesson: Poetry Pals

➢ Grade Level Appropriateness: 9th-12th grade
➢ Technology Content Standard Addressed: ISTE National Educational Technology
Standards for STUDENTS (NETS) •S Addressed:
Standard #3 3c: Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of
tools and methods to create a collection of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful
connections or conclusions.
Standard #6 6b: Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix
digital resources into new creations.
➢ Other Content Standard Addressed: Common Core State Standards Initiative: The
Common Core asks students to read stories and literature, as well as more complex
texts that provide facts and background knowledge in areas such as science and social
studies. Students will be challenged and asked questions that push them to refer back
to what they’ve read. This stresses critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical
skills that are required for success in college, career, and life.
➢ Objective: The student will be able to further their knowledge of poetry and rhyme
schemes. The student will also be able to use writing software and drawing software.
➢ Materials Needed to Facilitate the Lesson: Computer, Drawing program of their
choice (GIMP, MS Paint, etc.), MS Word.
➢ Suggested group size: 2 students per group
➢ Procedures:
Step 1: Students will find 1 partner to group up with. If uneven amount of students:
the remaining will create their own group.
Step 2: Students will create 2 poems each using MS Word. The first poem (poem A)
will consist of a AAAA rhyme scheme. The second poem (poem B) will consist of a
AABBCCDD rhyme scheme. Students will agree on the theme they want to write
about for poem A and poem B. For example: both students agree to write about
family for poem A and for poem B they chose to write about their pets. Each poem
should be a readable font in 12pt, have a title, be centered, double spaced, proper
heading (name, date, theme, and poem a or b) and be a minimum of 1 page. For
groups consisting of more than 2, it is still required that each student creates 2 poems.
Step 3: After the poems are done, students will use their drawing program of choice
(MS Paint, GIMP, PowerPoint, etc.) to create their poetry book cover. The cover can
be in any shape or form that you imagine the book to be. Each student must use an
appropriate photo of themself somewhere on the book cover. Make sure to include the
title of the book and the authors.
Step 4: Turn the poems in on the same document and save as a pdf file and turn the
book cover in as jpeg.
➢ Assessment: This project will be graded based upon how creative students are and
how well they follow directions. Each student is to be graded separately on their 2
poems, but the book cover will be graded jointly. Points will be taken off if
grammatical errors make reading the poems difficult.