Tamia C. Ellwood and Kimblee Barnes

ECED 4300A Fall 2010

Dr. Tonja Root5th grade

Ellwood, T.C.and Barnes, K..(2010) Definition Poetry PowerPoint. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Stage of Writing: Prewriting a definition poem

PLO: The student will consider the audience, point of view, purpose, and format requirements when organizing a graphic organizer for a definition poem.

creatively defines an intangible thought or actual object

evokes a strong feeling or moodUses metaphoric languagePaints a picture

During prewriting:Use your senses Organize metaphoric language describe a thought or objectWrite your thoughts

Looks

Smells

Feels

Taste

Sounds

It’s Purpose

Use metaphoric language to describe your object or thought:

Ellwood, T.C. (2010) Definition Poem Graphic Organizer. Unpublished Graphic Organizer, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

What is a Mother? A mother is someone who is good

for advice, Someone you can count on to keep

secrets, Someone to help you when you need

it, Someone who shares their stories

with you,And most of all, someone to love you

By Nicole

http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/poetryslam2009/category/definition-poems/

Practice Activity

Remember you are in 5th gradeThe topic of our definition poem is fall.The audience is your classmates.As a class we will complete this definition poem graphic organizer. Raise your hand and tell me how you would define Fall.Hint: use your five senses.

Before the lesson the teacher will:Gather a variety of fall items. (Students must be able to identify each item.)

Place items in a bag.Students pick one item from the bag.

Topic: Fall items Audience: Parents, classmates, and

teacher. Pick one item from my bag. Examine the item. Think about how to creatively describe

the object. Complete the definition poem graphic

organizer using. Use creative words and your five senses to

paint a picture of your item.

Assessment Continued

PLO: The students will begin to draft the ideas they completed on the graphic organizer into sentence formation

Form of writing: Definition PoetryThe students will be forming sentences to describe the five senses.

Stage of Writing: DraftingDuring drafting, you will use the graphic organizer developed in the prewriting stage to begin your sentence and paragraph formation.

HappinessWhat is happiness

Smiling with joyLaughing with friendsDoing your own thingDoing a hobby Spending time freely--by BC

BC. (2006, April 30). Retrieved October 25, 2010, from Ms. Maddox Eagles: http://www.literacyworkshop.org/pslam06-1/maddox/2006/04/definition_poem.html

You will now draft a definition poem. You will use our teacher constructed

graphic organizer to complete the poem using all of the ideas listed.

You will add details to these ideas to draft complete sentences.

The combination of these completed sentences will be your definition poem draft.

You are now 5th grade students so we will use the graphic organizer we developed earlier and draft those thoughts on paper to where they make sense to your audience.

Make sure to include all of your ideas on your graphic organizer and do not worry about grammar and spelling, as we will correct than later.

Now add details to your ideas from the graphic organizer to form a draft.