Checklist and Reflection for Primary Source Learning Experiences Complete one checklist for each learning experience and attach a table with links to the LOC primary source items used in the learning activity. Attach any materials needed to implement the activity. Name: ____Gary Smucker_____ District: ______Alexandria City Public Schools__________ School: _______TC Williams HS______________________ Unit/Activity: ________Evaluating Poems- LOC 180 Poems___________________ I implemented this learning experience with students on: __05/3/2005______ Signature: ____Gary Smucker________________________________

(Type signature if completing electronically to acknowledge that you have implemented this activity with students.) 1. This learning experience meets one or more of the following objectives (check all that apply): ______ develops student content knowledge through exploration and analysis of a variety of primary

resources.

___x___ is differentiated, offering challenges and support for students with a broad range of readiness levels, interests or learning profiles.

___x___ contains an assessment tool that aligns with the learning goal for the activity.

___x___ contains an assessment tool that creates an opportunity for feedback to the learner and the

teacher from which further learning activities can be built.

____x__ promotes information literacy and technology skills that enable students to search for relevant information and develop critical thinking skills.

2. This learning experience is (check all that apply):

__warm-up ___a unit with a series of lessons ___assessment ___student project or performance __one activity within a larger lesson _x__web based activity _x__full lesson within a unit

___other, please explain _______________________

3. Give one or more examples of student learning you observed (e.g. student comments and/or products.) Students worked in groups to understand and evaluate poems 4. If you were to implement this learning experience again, what would you change This activity would work well with a hot list for students to go to sites easier.

Name: Gary Smucker

Grade/subject: Beg and Int 1 ESL

School: Francis C. Hammond Middle School Unit Title/Description: Poetry using LOC 180 poems

email: gsmucker@acps.k12.va.us Learning goal: students will increase skills at reading poetry

SOL Number Title of LOC item Permanent URL Description of Classroom Use SOL 9.3, 9.4, 9.1, 9.8

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Poetry lesson using LOC 180 poems website

Poems #1 and #28 will be done as a class.

Poem # 1

Introdzdction to Poetry by Billy Collins

Discussion questions:

1. In line one, who is "them"? 2. Describe each simile (comparison). 3. What senses does the poet appeal to? 4. Look at lines 15 and 16. How do you think the poet feels about "beating with a

hose to find out what it really means'? 5. What is the theme of this poem? How does it relate to the title?

Poem # 28

Foundations by Leopold Staff

Discussion questions:

1. What is the "it" the poet is referring to? 2. What do you think he means when he says that he shall begin to build "with the

smoke from the chimney"? 3. What is the theme of this poem? How does it relate to the title? 4. Do you agree or disagree with the theme?

Students will go to the website and read the following 4 poems: #4 The Blue Bowl, #6 Fight, #32, Do You Love Me?, and #50 Otherwise. They will select the one they like best and answer prepared questions and do writing assignments.

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#6 Fight by Laurel Blossom

Answer the following questions.

I . List 4 differences between these two people.

2. List three adjectives that describe the boyfriend and three that describe the poet.

3. What do you feel the biggest difference between them is?

4. Do you think this relationship will work out? Why or why not?

5. What is the theme of this poem? How does it relate to the title?

Writing Assignment

Write a brief paragraph describing several differences between you and someone you care about. Use the back of this paper.

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#32 Do You Love Me? by Robert Wrigley

Answer these questions.

1. Why is the girl asking the dog if it loves her?

2. Why can't the poet stop listening?

3. To what human age does the poet compare the dog?

4. Why does the dog try to run away? How does the girl react?

5. What is the theme of this poem? How does it relate to the title?

Writing Assignment

Write a brief paragraph describing a time when you loved and were disappointed by the other person's reaction. Use the back of this paper.

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# 50 Otherwise by Jane Kenyon

Answer the following questions.

1. List the seven things the poet did that day.

2. How could each of them been otherwise or different?

3. What is she saying about the future?

4. How does she feel about the present?

5. What is the theme of this poem? How does it relate to the title?

Writing Assignment

Write a brief paragraph describing a time when something did not turn out the way you expected it to. Use the back of this paper.

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Iask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light l ike a color slide

or press an ear against i ts hive.

Isay drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a l ight switch.

Iwant them to waterski across the surface of a poem waving a t the author's name on the shore.

But all they want to do is t ie the poem to a chair wi th rope and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it wi th a hose to find out what it really means.

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Like primitives we buried the cat wi th his bowl. Bare-handed we scraped sand and gravel back into the hole.

They fel l wi th a hiss and thud on his side, on his long red fur, the white feathers between his toes, and his long, not to say aquiline, nose.

We stood and brushed each other off. There are sorrows keener than these.

Silent the rest of the day, we worked, ate, stared, and slept. I t stormed all night; now it clears, and a robin burbles from a dripping bush like the neighbor who means well but always says the wrong thing.

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That is the difference between me and you. You pack an umbrella, #30 sun goo And a red flannel shirt. That's not what Ido.

Iput the top down as soon as we arrive. The temperature's trying to pass fifty-five. I ' m freezing but a t least I ' m alive.

Nothing on earth can diminish my glee. This i s Florida, Florida, land of euphoria, Florida in the highest degree.

You dig in the garden. Iswim in the pool. Ilike to wear cotton. You like to wear wool. You're always hot. I ' m usually cool.

You want to get married. Iwant to be free. You don't seem to mind that we disagree. And that is the difference between you and me.

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She's twelve and she's asking the dog, who does, but who speaks in tongues, whose feints and gyrations are themselves parts of speech.

They're on the back porch and Idon't really mean to be taking this in but once I 've heard Ican't stop listening. Again and again she asks, and the good dog

sits and wiggles, leaps and licks. Imagine never asking. Imagine why: so sure you wouldn't dare, or couldn't care less. Iwonder i f the dog's guileless brown eyes

can lie, i f the perfect canine lack of abstractions might not be a b i t l ike the picture books she "read" as a child, before her parents' lips shaped the daily miracle of speech

and kisses, and the words were not lead and weighed only air, and did not mean so meanly. "Do you love me?" she says and says, unt i l the dog, sensing perhaps

i ts own awful speechlessness, tries to bolt, but she holds it by the collar and wi l l not let go, until, having come closer, Ihear the rest of it. Ihear it all.

She's got the dog's furry jowls in her hands, she's speaking precisely into i ts laid back, quivering ears: "Say it," she hisses, "Say it to me."

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Igot out of bed on two strong legs. I t might have been otherwise. Iate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. I t might have been otherwise. Itook the dog uphill to the birch wood. All morning Idid the work Ilove.

At noon I lay down with my mate. I t might have been otherwise. We ate dinner together at a table with silver candlesticks. I t might have been otherwise. Islept in a bed in a room with paintings on the walls, and planned another day just like this day. But one day, Iknow, it will be otherwise.

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# 4 The Blue Bowl by Jane Kenyon

Answer the following questions.

1. Why did the people burying the cat use their hands instead of shovels?

2. What did the cat look ldce?

3. Look at lines 10- 1 1. Keener means sharper and thus more hurtful. What other sorrows might the poet be referring to?

4. Why would the poet be upset because a robin is singing? How would you feel about a neighbor who "means well but always says the wrong thing"?

5. What is the theme of this poem? How does it relate to the title?

Writing Assignment

Write a brief paragraph describing a pet you loved and lost in some way. If you have never had a pet, write about a person you have loved but have lost to death. Use the back of this paper.