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Color Poetry

Ebony McDonald & Lacey McGriffECED 4300 Section BDr. Tonja RootSpring 2011Grade Level: 5thSpecific form of writing: Color Poetry

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• Stage of writing: Prewriting• GPS and PLO: ELA5W2. The student

demonstrates competence in a variety of genres: The student produces informational writing that: f. uses a range of appropriate strategies, such as providing facts and details, describing or analyzing the subject, and narrating a relevant anecdote.

• PLO: Students will plan writing by completing a graphic organizer.

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• Form of writing:Color Poetry• Stage of WritingPre-writing• Graphic Organizer: Graphic Organizer (25):

McKnight, K. (2010). The teacher’s big book of graphic organizer. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Pre-Writing for Color Poetry Graphic Organizer:

Sensory Starter

Name: ____________________________________ Date:___________________

Color of choice: __________________________________

See Touch Smell Taste Hear

Ebony McDonaldExample

RedRoses are red, the cap on my cup is too.

Excitement is red all bubbling inside,When someone says "it's a surprise!"

The valentines we exchange , the ribbon on my gift.Yes, those are all red. But there is more!

On a hot summer day when a little breeze blows,The smell of smoke and fire is red.

My favorite party dress with lace on the collar is all red.When I am angry, if someone calls me names,

I am boiling with madness all through my body. Love is red too.

All warm and sweet.These are all red, and mostly all sweet.

By AnnaResource: Van de Graff, P. (2004). Color Poems. Retrieved from

http://orchard.sbschools.net/users/pvandegraaf/colorpoems.htm/

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Ebony McDonaldPractice Activity

Hand Model• Think of one color• Place in the middle of hand• What are things of that color?• What feelings does it bring?• What does it smell like? • WRITE IT DOWN!!!!

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Ebony McDonaldAssessment Activity

5th graders• You will create your own color poems by

writing a poem from the color of your choice. You may describe how it makes you feel or what things come to mind when you see it. The more creative it is, the better it will be!

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Lacey McGriffStage of writing: Drafting

• GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student

a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

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Lacey McGriffStage of writing: Drafting

PLO: Student drafts independently and resourcefully.

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Drafting: Color Poetry• Color Poetry is a form of poetry in

which students describe a color using the five senses.

What sounds make you think of the color?

How does the color look?How does the color taste?How does the color feel?What does the color smell like?

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Drafting: Stage

• Drafting is taking the ideas formulated in the graphic organizer to create sentences.

• To draft, use ideas created in the graphic organizer and convert them into sentences.

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Drafting: Graphic Organizer• Line 1: ________ (color) is ____________• Line 2: ________ (color) is ____________• Line 3: ________ (color) is ____________• Line 4: ________ (color) is ____________• Line 5: ________ (color) smells like __________• Line 6: ________ (color) tastes like __________• Line 7: ________ (color) sounds like __________• Line 8: ________ (color) looks like __________• Line 9: ________ (color) feels like __________• Line 10: ________ (color) makes me __________• Line 11: ________ (color) is __________

Read Write Think: Color Poems-Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting. Retrieved April 1, 2011 from http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson375/PoemTemplates.pdf

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Drafting: Published PieceBlue is the color of the sky.Blue is the waves in the ocean crashing against the shore.Blue is the feeling I get sometimes when I’m sad.Blue is the icy color of glacial snow.Blue smells like freshly washed bed sheets.Blue tastes like blueberry Kool-Aid.Blue sounds like jets soaring through the clouds.Blue looks like the clear waters of the Hawaiian waters as I’m snorkeling.Blue feels like the snow on my face while I’m skiing at Mt. Bachelor.Blue makes me want to put on my coat, hat and gloves.Blue is my brother’s favorite color.

Read Write Think: Color Poems-Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting. Retrieved April 1, 2011 from http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson375/PoemTemplates.pdf

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Drafting: Practice activity

• As a class, we will complete a draft using the ideas created in the graphic

organizer during the prewriting stage.

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Drafting: Assessment activity

Students will complete a draft independently, using their own ideas

formed in the graphic organizer previously.