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StewardshipBig Understanding: Students will become active, thoughtful readers by knowing how and when to visualize and create rich sensory images as they read, and to maintain this imagery as they read on in a text selection.

KBAD stop, KBAD stop, think, and think, and

draw.draw.Day 1Day 1

Stop, Think, and Draw•Poets do a wonderful job of

creating a picture of what is happening.

•When you read a poem you can draw the setting and action that the poet is describing.

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village, though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Turn and Talk

•How can drawing help you better understand a poem?

KBAD KBAD visualize in visualize in response to response to literature.literature.Day 2Day 2

Visualize a Passage•When you respond to a poem

you can describe what you see when the poem is being read.

•Think about what the poet's words make you think of when you read.

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

by Robert Frost

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

Turn and Talk

•What do you think of when you hear this part of the poem?

KBAD imagine KBAD imagine a cast for your a cast for your

characters.characters.Day 3Day 3

Visualize the Characters•When you are reading it is

important to imagine what the characters look like and how they would act.

•Ask yourself, "If a movie was being made of this book, what actor would play the main character?"

Turn and Talk

•What actor should play the main character of your book in the movie version?

KBAD KBAD summarize summarize

what you have what you have read.read.Day 4Day 4

Summarize•Even poetry has a big idea.

•When you summarize, think about what the poem is mostly about.

•Your summary should be two to three sentences long.

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village, though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Turn and Talk

•Describe what is happening in this poem.

KBAD KBAD visualize using visualize using

multiple multiple senses.senses.Day 5Day 5

Using Our Senses

•You can use your senses when reading a poem to help you paint a picture.

•Ask yourself, "What would you see, feel, smell, hear, taste if you were in the poem?"

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

by Robert Frost

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

Turn and Talk

•Why should you use your senses when reading?

KBAD think KBAD think about the about the

influence of a influence of a poet's poet's

experience experience and setting.and setting.

Day 6Day 6

Poet's Experience•A poet's experience (where they

grew up, places they visited) can influence their writing.

•If someone grew up in the forest their writing might be different than someone who grew up near the ocean.

Turn and Talk

•How might a poet's experience influence their writing?

KBAD find KBAD find examples of examples of

figurative figurative language in a language in a

text.text.Day 7Day 7

Figurative Language•Figurative language is a way

to describe something plain and simple in a beautiful way.

•Types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification

"Life Doesn't Frighten Me"

By: Maya Angelou

Shadows on the wall

Noises down the hail

Life doesn’t frighten me at all

Bad dogs barking loud

Big ghosts in a cloud

Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

Turn and Talk

•Why does a poet use figurative language in their writing?

KBAD examine KBAD examine an author's an author's

purpose when purpose when writing poetry.writing poetry.Day 8Day 8

Author's Purpose•Just like the author of a

chapter book or feature article, a poet writes with a purpose

•They might want to entertain, teach a lesson, or share a message.

"Life Doesn't Frighten Me"

By: Maya Angelou

Mean old Mother Goose

Lions on the loose

They don’t frighten me at all

Dragons breathing flame

On my counterpane

That doesn’t frighten me at all.

Turn and Talk

•Why might a poet write a poem?

KBAD identify KBAD identify the theme of a the theme of a

poem.poem.Day 9Day 9

Identify Theme

•Just like a chapter book, a poem has a theme.

•You want to think about the big idea or message that repeats itself in the poem.

"Give me the Splendid, Silent Sun"

Walt Whitman

Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; 

Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard; 

Give me a field where the unmow’d grass grows

Identify Different Identify Different ThemesThemesConservation/ preservation (Selective Logging)

Restoration (Water Quality)

Survival

Man v. wild

Activism

Being a change agent

Types of energy

Toxins/chemicals

Air Quality

Water Quality

Recycling

Hazardous Waste

Good v. Evil

History of Law

Friendships with animals

Cooperation

Seeing other’s point of view

Tragedy/ Overcoming devastation

Rebuilding

Hope

Commitment

Going against the norm

Turn and Talk

•How would you describe the term "theme" to a fourth grader?

KBAD KBAD compare and compare and contrast using contrast using

graphic graphic organizers.organizers.Day 10Day 10

Compare and Contrast•When we read two poems we

can compare their similarities and contrast their differences.

•A graphic organizer like a Venn diagram is a great way to compare and contrast two things.

Turn and Talk

•How can a graphic organizer help you when you're reading?

KBAD examine KBAD examine and explore and explore symbolism.symbolism.

Day 11Day 11

Symbolism•Symbols referring to evil: fire, flames, hot

temperatures and heat

•Symbols referring to death or endings: Gravestones, cemeteries, skulls, candle blowing out, coffins, ringing of the bell, cross bones

•Symbols referring to starting over: rain, rainbows, passing storms, dawn, sunrise

•Symbols referring to love: apple, cupid, harp, heart, shell

•Symbols referring to knowledge: book, candle

Turn and Talk

•Why might a poet use symbols in their writing?

KBAD read KBAD read poetry with poetry with fluency and fluency and expression.expression.Day 12Day 12

Reading Poetry

•A poem is read very differently than a book.

•When you read a poem you read with a beat, you follow a pattern, and you pause in special places.

Turn and Talk

•How is reading a poem different from reading a chapter book?