Quarter 2
Fifth Grade Focus: Writing Poetry
TASS: Flexibility, Collaboration, Synthesis, Metacognition, Elaboration, Intellectual Risk Taking,
Evaluation, Effort/Motivation/Persistence
What question do we ask ourselves?
1. How does knowing about and author or poet and his or her work help
me become a better writer?
2. Where can I get ideas for my writing?
What do we need to know and be able to do?
1. We will be able to use the writing process to plan,
draft, revise, edit, and publish poetry.
3. How can poetry elements enhance poetry?
What words do we need to know to master the
objectives?
Writing Process (plan, draft, edit, revise, publish)
2. We will be able to use elements of poetry to
express our ideas.
3. We will be able to revise poems to make them
better.
Stanza
Couplet
Elements of poetry
What resources will we use?
Thesaurus
How will we master the objectives?
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Examine the work of poets
Analyze elements of poetry
Use resources to help us plan our writing
Use the writing process to help us compose poetry
Use peer editing strategies to enhance our poetry
Dictionary
Writer’s Handbook & Reader’s Handbook
Technology
Post- it notes
Graphic Organizers