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Talking Poetry With Blabberize

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Title:

Talking Poetry With Blabberize

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Type:

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Overview:

In this lesson, students are given the opportunity to be imaginative and expressive through the writing of three types of poems: acrostic, diamante, and theme. Building on their creativity, students then use Blabberize to create Blabbers of one of their poems. Sharing their Blabbers with the class and online community will make the students more excited about writing poetry as well as providing practice of technology skills.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	42. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes, and speaking clearly with adequate volume, appropriate pacing, and clear pronunciation. a. Articulate ideas, claims, and perspectives in a logical sequence, presenting information, findings, and credible evidence from multiple sources and modalities to enhance listeners' understanding. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 42. Report Topic Text Recount Appropriate facts Relevant details Descriptive details Main ideas Themes Volume Pacing Pronunciation 42a. Articulate Ideas Claims Perspectives Logical sequence Information Findings Credible evidence Sources Modalities Knowledge: 42. Students know: One way to share information is through oral presentations. Oral presentations should be organized, have a main idea or theme, and include relevant, descriptive details and facts that support the key point. Speakers should orally present in a volume loud enough for the audience to hear, at an understable pace, and with correct speech pronunciation. 42a. A speaker can enhance the audience's understanding by explaining ideas, claims, and perspectives in a logical sequence, and by providing additional information in the form of credible evidence from multiple sources. Skills: 42. Students are able to: Orally report in response to a topic or text, to tell a story, or to describe a personal experience. Create an oral report that is organized, and includes relevant, descriptive facts and details that support the main idea or theme. Speak at an adequate volume and appropriate pace and use proper pronunciation when presenting an oral report. 42a. Orally articulate ideas, claims, and perspectives in a logical sequence. Gather information, findings, and credible evidence from multiple sources and modalities. Orally present information, findings, and credible evidence. Understanding: 42. Students understand that: An effective oral presentation requires an organized structure and uses relevant facts and details to support the key idea. An effective speaker presents with a voice that can be heard by the audience, a speaking pace that can be understood by the audience, and proper pronunciation of words. 42a. Information, findings, and credible evidence should be gathered from multiple sources in varied modalities to enhance the audience's understanding of the oral presentation. To clearly articulate their ideas, claims, and perspectives, they must organize their thoughts in a logical sequence.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	6. Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate prosody or expression, purpose, and understanding, self-correcting and rereading as necessary. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 6. Accuracy Automaticity Prosody Expression Purpose Understanding Self-correcting Rereading Knowledge: 6. Students know: Accurately means reading without mistakes, and automatically means knowing the words immediately without sounding them out. Prosody is reading aloud with appropriate changes in voice, pitch, and expression. Reading can occur for different purposes and setting a purpose for reading can improve comprehension. Rereading is a strategy that aids in word recognition and comprehension. Skills: 6. Students are able to: Set a purpose prior to reading aloud. Read aloud accurately, automatically, while using appropriate expression. Self-correct and reread when necessary. Understanding: 6. Students understand that: Identifying their purpose for reading prior to beginning to read can improve their comprehension of the text. Fluent readers are accurate, automatic, and use appropriate voice expression. If a word is misread, they need to self-correct and reread. If their comprehension begins to break down, they need to reread to improve their understanding.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 6	13. Create and edit digital products that are appropriate in subject and purpose for a particular audience or occasion. Examples: social media posts, blog posts, podcast episodes, infographics Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 13. Digital products Subject Purpose Audience Occasion Knowledge: 13. Students know: Necessary skills to create and edit digital products, such as social media posts, blog posts, podcast episodes, and infographics. The intended audience and occasion should be identified before selecting a subject and purpose of a digital product. Skills: 13. Students are able to: Create digital products with attention to subject and purpose for different audiences and occasions. Edit digital products with attention to subject and purpose for different audiences and occasions. Understanding: 13. Students understand that: Digital products can be used to communicate with a variety of audiences and occasions. They should modify the subject and purpose of their digital products depending on the audience and occasion.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 7	R4. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R4. Writing process Plan Draft Revise Edit Publish Genres Knowledge: R4. Students know: The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Various genres of writing. Skills: R4. Students are able to: Plan writings in various genres. Draft writings in various genres. Revise writings in various genres. Edit writings in various genres. Publish writings in various genres. Understanding: R4. Students understand that: The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier. There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 8	R4. Utilize a writing process to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writings in various genres. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R4. Writing process Plan Draft Revise Edit Publish Genres Knowledge: R4. Students know: The writing process steps are to plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. Various genres of writing. Skills: R4. Students are able to: Plan writings in various genres. Draft writings in various genres. Revise writings in various genres. Edit writings in various genres. Publish writings in various genres. Understanding: R4. Students understand that: The writing process is a set of steps that make writing easier. There are different categories, or genres, of writing that can be used for different purposes.

Tags:

acrostic poetry, Blabberize, diamante poetry, interactive, poetry, Poetry Books with Good Illustrations, publication, theme poetry, writing

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Talking Poetry With Blabberize