Five-Senses Poetry5th grade

Laura Hardy and Brandi FletcherECED 4300 ADr. Tonja Root

Fall 2008

Stage of Writing, GPS, and PLO

Brandi FletcherStage of Writing: PrewritingGPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently

uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

PLO: Students will complete a graphic organizer to help them better understand the prewriting stage of the writing process.

Form of Writing

A poet expresses his or her emotions by writing a poem that relates to sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch. It usually contains five lines and sometimes includes similes and metaphors. This type of poem is called Five-Senses Poetry.

Stage of Writing

Prewriting is known as the getting ready to write stage. It is important to think about your ideas before you start writing. During the prewriting stage, you will choose a topic, consider purpose, form, and audience.

Graphic Organizer

I smell __________________________

I hear __________________________

I taste __________________________

I feel ___________________________

I see ____________________________

Five Senses

Sight

Smell

Touch

Sound

Taste

Graphic Organizer

APA Citation

My 5 Senses - Wonderful World. Retrieved from http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/5_senses_poetry.htm

Wonderful WorldI can see

Trees and grass,The sun and sky;

I can tasteChocolate ice cream,

Apple pie;I can hear

Music, laughter,Words you said;

I can smellPerfume, flowers,

Baking bread;I can touch

Silk and velvet,A baby's skin;

What a wonderfulWorld I'm in!

Eva Grant

Practice Activity

Students will think about their five senses. Then, students will think about their classroom. Finally, as a class we will complete a graphic organizer that pertains to our five senses and the classroom.

Assessment Activity

Students will complete their own graphic organizer. Their topic is My World. They will think about their five senses and what happens in their world or in their everyday life.

Stage of Writing, GPS, and PLO

Stage of Writing: RevisingGPS:ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student:b. Revises manuscripts to improve the meaning and focus of writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and rearranging words and sentences.PLO: Students will revise their drafts by adding, deleting, changing, and rearranging information.

Laura Hardy

Form of Writing

Explanation of five senses poetry

•Usually 5 lines (one for each sense)

•Focuses on one feeling, idea, or

event•Uses many sensory words and details•Similes and metaphors

Stage of Writing

Explanation of the revising stage within the writing process

• Add, delete, change, rearrange• Good transition words?• Good details?• Clear meaning/organization?

APA citation

My 5 Senses - Wonderful World. Retrieved from http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/5_senses_poetry.htm

                                                                                                                  

                                        

Wonderful WorldI can see

Trees and grass,The sun and sky;

I can tasteChocolate ice cream,

Apple pie;I can hear

Music, laughter,Words you said;

I can smellPerfume, flowers,

Baking bread;I can touch

Silk and velvet,A baby's skin;

What a wonderfulWorld I'm in!

Eva Grant

Practice Activity

Students will use completed graphic organizer as a draft for their five senses poetry. As a class, students will add, delete, change, and rearrange the information to revise their work.

Assessment Activity

Students will receive a copy of the five-senses poem Satisfaction. Students will add, delete, change, and rearrange the words to revise it for improvement.

SatisfactionPeace is a rainbow of color.It smells like a rose,and it tastes like sugar.Peace sounds like a bluebird and feels like a handshake.

References Fives Senses Poetry. Retrieved from

http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall02/Poetry%20Webquest/fivesensespoetry.html

Modified by Fletcher, Brandi. Five Senses Graphic Organizer. Retrieved from http://lmikucki.tripod.com/thefivesenses/id11.html

Modified by Fletcher, Brandi. My Five Senses Poem. Retrieved from http://www2.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/m/mentor0708_jill/MyFiveSensesPoem.pdf

My 5 Senses - Wonderful World. Retrieved from http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/5_senses_poetry.htm

Root, T. (2008). Retrieved from Dr. Tonja Root’s Website: ECED 4300 on January 29, 2008, http://www.coefaculty.valdosta.edu/troot/eced4300/writing_processes.htm

Tompkins, Gail E. (2009). Language Arts: Patterns of Practice. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.