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2019-2020 HISD @ H.O.M.E. – Project-Based Learning
English Language Arts – English I
Week of April 13-17, 2020 – Poetry
GLOBAL GRADUATE
© Houston ISD Curriculum 2019-2020
Page 1 of 2
Student Weekly Learning Targets
1. I can read for longer amounts of time. 2. I can read and make notes about poetry. 3. I can break down (analyze) poetry and text features. 4. I can write about what I read.
Monday
1. Read a book of your choice for 15 minutes. You may use MackinVIA (HUB Digital Resources), Houston Public Library- HPL (HUB Digital Resources), any novels at home, or anything else that’s available around the house.
2. As you read, write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page. Be sure to write this information in your reader’s notebook (you can even use your electronic device or available paper).
3. Next, pick one poem from the poetry section of the Genre Study. Read and make notes on the text. Stuck? Use the Reading is Thinking Easy Annotation guide in the Resource Packet to help you out!
4. When you are done reading, pick one option in the Reader’s Response section of the Genre Study. The Reader’s Response task can be completed based on the poem you choose OR your independent reading book.
5. Choose one of the STAAR stems in the STAAR Stems section of the Genre Study and complete the stem/question using the text you picked.
6. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. This entry can be about anything. It can be your thoughts or your wonderings about your reading. It could be a review of something you’ve watched or read recently. It could also be something about your experiences. For more ideas, see Writing Prompts in the Resource Packet.
Tuesday
1. Read a book of your choice for 15 minutes (just like you did yesterday). Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Next, go back to the poem from yesterday. Re-read your notes to jog your memory about what the text was about. 3. Next, pick one option within the Graphic Organizer section of the Genre Study and finish the task using the
selected text. All bolded items are resources in the Resource Packet. 4. Next, choose one option within the Writing section of the Genre Study and write it in your writer’s notebook. 5. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource
Packet if you need ideas
Wednesday
1. Keep reading a book of your choice for 15 minutes (just like you did yesterday). Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Next, choose a second poem from the poetry section of the Genre Study and use the Reading is Thinking Easy Annotation guide in the Resource Packet to help you take notes.
3. Pick one option within the Reader’s Response section of the Genre Study complete the task using your chosen text OR your independent reading book
4. Next, choose one option within the STAAR Stems section of the Genre Study and finish the stem or answer the question in your reader’s notebook.
5. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource Packet if you need ideas.
2019-2020 HISD @ H.O.M.E. – Project-Based Learning
English Language Arts – English I
Week of April 13-17, 2020 – Poetry
GLOBAL GRADUATE
© Houston ISD Curriculum 2019-2020
Page 2 of 2
Thursday
1. Keep reading a book of your choice for 15 minutes. Don’t give up! You got this! Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Next, go back to the poem from yesterday. Re-read your notes to refresh your memory. 3. Next, pick one option within the Graphic Organizer section of the Genre Study and complete the organizer using
the poem you chose. All bolded items are resources in the Resource Packet. 4. Next, choose one of the prompts in the Writing section of the Genre Study and write in your writer’s notebook. 5. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource
Packet if you need ideas.
Friday
1. Keep reading a book of your choice for 15 minutes. Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Create a one-pager on poetry as a final project. Please use the Genre One-Pager template in the Resource Packet for an idea on how to get started!
3. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource Packet if you need ideas.
Student-Produced Weekly Product
By the end of the week, you will have completed a poetry genre study and will have the following products:
2 Reader’s Response tasks
2 STAAR Stems tasks
2 Graphic Organizer tasks
2 Writing tasks
5 writer’s notebook entries
1 poetry Genre One-Pager Consider checking them off as you go.
2019-2020 Remote Instruction English Language Arts – English I- Poetry
GLOBAL GRADUATE
© Houston ISD Curriculum 2019-2020
Page 1 of 1
ELA Genre Study
Poetry
• “My Father’s Song” (Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9, p. 290) • “I Ask My Mother to Sing” (Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9, p. 752) • “Amphibians” (from Poets.org) • “Resignation” (from Poets.org)
Also consider: Poets.org and Poetry Foundation.com.
Task Poetry
Reader Response • Choose any word, phrase, or line from one of the poems above and use that to begin your own original poem.
• What is the author’s message in the poem? Do you agree with that message? Why or why not?
• Write a flash fiction story (1,000 words or fewer) starring a poem’s speaker as the main character. What conflict are they facing? How will they solve it?
• Create a one-pager for one of the poems that contains the following: o Illustrations of major events or images o Important words and lines from the poem o The message or theme of the poem
STAAR Stems • What is the effect of the author’s use of figurative language?
• What is a theme of the poem? • Which line from the poem best indicates the speaker’s attitude? • What is the most likely reason the author structured the poem the way they did?
Graphic Organizers • Use a Dialectical Journal to track your thinking as you read the poem. On the left side of the journal, you will write down important quotes from the text. Pay attention to imagery, figurative language and structure. See chart below.
• Use the Making Connections one-pager to identify a big idea in one of the poems and
expand your thinking about it. • Use a Notice-Name-Effect chart to locate and identify poetic elements and then analyze
their effects on the reader. See the chart below.
Notice (Quote from the text)
Name (What the device used?/ Describe what it does.)
Effect (How does it influence the text or the reader?)
Text Evidence Personal Reaction, Connection, Inference
Writing • Write about one way that young people can influence their communities. • Write about your definition of leadership. • Write about the importance of art in daily life.
*All bolded items can be found in the Resources Packet. You may use the handout or copy the graphic into your reader’s notebook or on a sheet of paper.
Easy Annotation
Notes or Sketches
This is important!
Key words or details.
I have a question, or I don't understand.
This is surprising!
I made a connection.
This is my favorite part!
I agree!
These help me understand!
Reading is Thinking!
Write about your day in a movie preview voice. ("In a world...").Find a picture that inspires you on onceuponapicture.co.uk and freewrite or answer the questions belowthe picture.How do you think current events will be explained in history books? Write an excerpt from a history booka hundred years from now about things that are happening now. If you had to give a speech right now about any subject, what could you talk about for five minutes?What would you say?Play an autocorrect game! On a cell phone, type 'In the future, I will' and then hit the middlesuggested word button until you get a complete sentence. What did you get? Does it seem true or not?Choose one word from a headline or news story and write a story or poem with that as the title. Choose a scene from your independent reading book and rewrite it from the point of view of anothercharacter. What was your favorite movie or book as a child? Do you think you would feel the same about it if youread or watched it today? Why or why not?Journal about your experience during the shutdown. Write a letter to your future self. What do you hope your future self has learned from this experience?What is the most precious object you own and why? What childhood toy do you wish you still had and why?Cast your independent reading book! If they were to make your independent reading book into a movie,who would play all the characters?If you were to write your memoir (the story of your life), what would the title be and why? What eventswould you write about? If you had an unlimited budget, what would you do for your next birthday party? Who would you invite?Where would it be? What kind of food would be served?
Writing Prompts
Qualities List or Web
Genre One-PagerFor Example
Make A Connection Freewrite
List or make a web of all of the qualities thatmake this genre what it is.
What are some examples of this genre that youhave read? How do you know they fit in thisgenre?
Choose three (3) of the qualities above and findexamples of those qualities in one of the textsyou've read in this genre.
Freewrite in this genre! Write your own story,poem, informational, or persuasive text in fiftywords or fewer.
Making Connections across texts (Text 1) (Text 2 )
because ..
Unlike (Text 1), (Text 2)...
is....
differs from
Making Connections across texts
(Author of Text 1) (Author of Text 2)
would most likely agree...
(Text 1) (Text 2)
because they both...
is similar to
and
2019-2020 Remote Instruction English Language Arts – English I- Poetry
GLOBAL GRADUATE
© Houston ISD Curriculum 2019-2020
Page 1 of 1
ELA Genre Study
Poetry
• “My Father’s Song” (Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9, p. 290) • “I Ask My Mother to Sing” (Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9, p. 752) • “Amphibians” (from Poets.org) • “Resignation” (from Poets.org)
Also consider: Poets.org and Poetry Foundation.com.
Task Poetry
Reader Response • Choose any word, phrase, or line from one of the poems above and use that to begin your own original poem.
• What is the author’s message in the poem? Do you agree with that message? Why or why not?
• Write a flash fiction story (1,000 words or fewer) starring a poem’s speaker as the main character. What conflict are they facing? How will they solve it?
• Create a one-pager for one of the poems that contains the following: o Illustrations of major events or images o Important words and lines from the poem o The message or theme of the poem
STAAR Stems • What is the effect of the author’s use of figurative language?
• What is a theme of the poem? • Which line from the poem best indicates the speaker’s attitude? • What is the most likely reason the author structured the poem the way they did?
Graphic Organizers • Use a Dialectical Journal to track your thinking as you read the poem. On the left side of the journal, you will write down important quotes from the text. Pay attention to imagery, figurative language and structure. See chart below.
• Use the Making Connections one-pager to identify a big idea in one of the poems and
expand your thinking about it. • Use a Notice-Name-Effect chart to locate and identify poetic elements and then analyze
their effects on the reader. See the chart below.
Notice (Quote from the text)
Name (What the device used?/ Describe what it does.)
Effect (How does it influence the text or the reader?)
Text Evidence Personal Reaction, Connection, Inference
Writing • Write about one way that young people can influence their communities. • Write about your definition of leadership. • Write about the importance of art in daily life.
*All bolded items can be found in the Resources Packet. You may use the handout or copy the graphic into your reader’s notebook or on a sheet of paper.
2019-2020 Remote Instruction English Language Arts – English I- Poetry
GLOBAL GRADUATE
© Houston ISD Curriculum 2019-2020
Page 1 of 1
ELA Genre Study
Poetry
• “My Father’s Song” (Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9, p. 290) • “I Ask My Mother to Sing” (Holt McDougal Literature Grade 9, p. 752) • “Amphibians” (from Poets.org) • “Resignation” (from Poets.org)
Also consider: Poets.org and Poetry Foundation.com.
Task Poetry
Reader Response • Choose any word, phrase, or line from one of the poems above and use that to begin your own original poem.
• What is the author’s message in the poem? Do you agree with that message? Why or why not?
• Write a flash fiction story (1,000 words or fewer) starring a poem’s speaker as the main character. What conflict are they facing? How will they solve it?
• Create a one-pager for one of the poems that contains the following: o Illustrations of major events or images o Important words and lines from the poem o The message or theme of the poem
STAAR Stems • What is the effect of the author’s use of figurative language?
• What is a theme of the poem? • Which line from the poem best indicates the speaker’s attitude? • What is the most likely reason the author structured the poem the way they did?
Graphic Organizers • Use a Dialectical Journal to track your thinking as you read the poem. On the left side of the journal, you will write down important quotes from the text. Pay attention to imagery, figurative language and structure. See chart below.
• Use the Making Connections one-pager to identify a big idea in one of the poems and
expand your thinking about it. • Use a Notice-Name-Effect chart to locate and identify poetic elements and then analyze
their effects on the reader. See the chart below.
Notice (Quote from the text)
Name (What the device used?/ Describe what it does.)
Effect (How does it influence the text or the reader?)
Text Evidence Personal Reaction, Connection, Inference
Writing • Write about one way that young people can influence their communities. • Write about your definition of leadership. • Write about the importance of art in daily life.
*All bolded items can be found in the Resources Packet. You may use the handout or copy the graphic into your reader’s notebook or on a sheet of paper.
Easy Annotation
Notes or Sketches
This is important!
Key words or details.
I have a question, or I don't understand.
This is surprising!
I made a connection.
This is my favorite part!
I agree!
These help me understand!
Reading is Thinking!
Write about your day in a movie preview voice. ("In a world...").Find a picture that inspires you on onceuponapicture.co.uk and freewrite or answer the questions belowthe picture.How do you think current events will be explained in history books? Write an excerpt from a history booka hundred years from now about things that are happening now. If you had to give a speech right now about any subject, what could you talk about for five minutes?What would you say?Play an autocorrect game! On a cell phone, type 'In the future, I will' and then hit the middlesuggested word button until you get a complete sentence. What did you get? Does it seem true or not?Choose one word from a headline or news story and write a story or poem with that as the title. Choose a scene from your independent reading book and rewrite it from the point of view of anothercharacter. What was your favorite movie or book as a child? Do you think you would feel the same about it if youread or watched it today? Why or why not?Journal about your experience during the shutdown. Write a letter to your future self. What do you hope your future self has learned from this experience?What is the most precious object you own and why? What childhood toy do you wish you still had and why?Cast your independent reading book! If they were to make your independent reading book into a movie,who would play all the characters?If you were to write your memoir (the story of your life), what would the title be and why? What eventswould you write about? If you had an unlimited budget, what would you do for your next birthday party? Who would you invite?Where would it be? What kind of food would be served?
Writing Prompts
Qualities List or Web
Genre One-PagerFor Example
Make A Connection Freewrite
List or make a web of all of the qualities thatmake this genre what it is.
What are some examples of this genre that youhave read? How do you know they fit in thisgenre?
Choose three (3) of the qualities above and findexamples of those qualities in one of the textsyou've read in this genre.
Freewrite in this genre! Write your own story,poem, informational, or persuasive text in fiftywords or fewer.
Making Connections across texts (Text 1) (Text 2 )
because ..
Unlike (Text 1), (Text 2)...
is....
differs from
Making Connections across texts
(Author of Text 1) (Author of Text 2)
would most likely agree...
(Text 1) (Text 2)
because they both...
is similar to
and
