Sounds of Poetry Lesson Plan
Sounds of Poetry Lesson Plan
Sounds of Poetry Lesson Plan
Monday: Discuss form and speaker in poetry. Write a poem in the shape of your favorite item.
Tuesday: Discuss sound in poetry including rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
Find the rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, and onomatopoeia in different poems.
Wednesday: Discus imagery and figurative language including simile, metaphor, analogy, and
personification. Change similes to metaphors. Find different analogies and figure out how they relate.
Thursday: put it all together. Students will write a poem about their favorite holiday season. They are
to use all the key elements of poetry in their poem.
Friday: Field trip
I am going to read the book Halloween Party. This book is written in poem form. I want you all to
listen to the words and write down any sounds that you hear. Set your notes up like the slide to better
organize your sounds. Listen for rhyme, repetition, onomatopoeia, and alliterations. When I am done
reading the book, I will read it another time to make sure that you were able to hear all the sounds.
After that, you all will have the opportunity to come up to the board and write down some examples of
each category.
Read book twice.
Have students come up to the board and write down answers
Assessments:
Write down the rhyme, repetition, onomatopoeia, and alliteration of the poems on the last slide. These
will be on Dropbox if needed. There is a bonus for those who would like some extra credit.
Closure: Tomorrow we will be discussing imagery and figurative language in poetry. That will wrap up
the Key elements of poetry.