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My class has been studying fairy tales for the past few weeks.  We have looked closely at Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Golidlocks and the Three Bears, and Little Red Riding Hood.  Recently students were assigned to Reader’s Theatre groups.  Each student was asked to create a character map of the character that they will performing.  The students were asked to draw what the character looked like on the outside. On the inside the students were asked to write three words describing the personality, values, or beliefs of their characters….read more

During our fairy tale unit the students explored, in detail, the characters of the different stories.  The students were required to complete at least one character map per fairy tale.  For “The Three Little Pigs” the students created a wanted poster for the wolf. They enjoyed figuring out the criteria for the poster.  The students created a picture of the wolf, getting creative with how he was depicted, what the crime was, where he was last seen, evidence left, and his reward.  You can see the finished products below.  

I found a very interesting lesson plan when searching for ideas on how to approach my poetry unit.  In this unit plan I found the lesson, “Poets see Ordinary Things Differently.” I thought that this was such an amazing approach to take with the students.  This would allow the students to all look at the same object but create completely different poems.  I worked in four groups that I had pre-arranged with the students.  This lesson took over two days to complete but was completely worth it.  In the end we…read more

In celebration of Easter we made concrete poems in the shape of Easter eggs.  The students were extremely eager to engage in this activity, and were excited to decorate their eggs after completion of the poems.  These poems were done in the early stages of our poetry unit and therefore look more like stories.  However, as the students progressed through the unit their poetry matured as well.  This can be seen in other poetry posts. Below are some examples of our egg poems. One student’s work. Another student’s work. Another…read more

During our poetry unit I wanted to expose my students to different types of poetry, including concrete poems.  The students discussed how concrete poems are poems that are in the shape of the topic.  They were given a rainbow outline and brainstormed what objects are the different colours of the rainbow.  For instance, apples are red and plums are purple.  Then the students wrote each colour in each arc of the rainbow and came for editing.  Once their poem was edited they went over their words with felt markers and…read more