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Found PoetryA discovery of hiddenpoems

A WebQuest for 5th grade

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The building is an abandoned World War II look-out post on a remote

peninsula in the north-west of Ireland. The Irish were neutral during WWII

and referred to it as The Emergency .


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are likea college, chop them

apart and themback together againin a different way.

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Choose one of

the nine poems tore-work in yourown unique way.

Put it in yourwriters notebook.


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Click on the link andskim the page to learn

how to construct foundpoems.


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Anything can be used for foundpoetry. Click on the banner.

Watch the video One boy toldme by Naomi Shihab Nye. Thispoet uses her sons uniquecomments to make a

poem from.


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Choose one of the nine poemsfrom the children of Terezins

concentration camp. Write it inyour journal. How will youchoose to re-work the poem?


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Name ofstudent

Websitesthoroughly

explored

Student re-worked poem

appropriately

Studentsubmitted

poem in

writers

notebook


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Now that you have written yourown found poem, how aboutinventing your own style of

poetry like one of these well-known poets?

Kenn Nesbitt

Shel Silverstein


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This Web Quest was designed with the intent of building thestudents knowledge of poetry with a focus on language arts. Thestudents will work individually as they write their own foundpoem. They will build their knowledge of poetry, especially foundpoems as they journey through the different tasks. The studentswill choose one of nine poems to re-work and make their own.They will record their finished poem in their writers notebook.

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Objective:

After finishing the WebQuest, students will be able to compose afound poem in their writers notebook.


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This lesson is anchored in the fifth grade language arts

standards. The lesson is designed with the intent of students

being able to compose a re-worked found poem from one ofnine original poems given. Students will use information skills

and research skills in the WebQuest.

Learners should be able to research, pick out valuable

information, follow procedures when given, appropriately use

technology and work efficiently while remaining on task.Teachers must provide assistance to be sure that each student

attains valuable information about poetry.

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ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows

evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of

literary and informational texts.

d. Relates a literary work to information about its setting

(historically or culturally).ELA5W1 The student produces writing that establishes an

appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the

reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a

satisfying closure. The student

a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view

based on purpose,genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell

the story.


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Teacher should read the introduction to excite the learner aboutthe WebQuest.

This activity should take two to three days to complete. Allow thestudents 30-45 minutes each day, to work on this assignment.While the students are working, note the students that arethoroughly investigating the websites. More information on howthey will be evaluated is provided on the evaluation page.

Be sure to assist any students who are struggling with thisassignment.

After completing their research, students will choose betweenone of nine poems to re-work into an original poem. Students areto write this in their writers notebook.

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Resources

http://www.thewritersezine.com/t-zero/archives/2003-texts/2003-12-

poetics.shtml

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/videoitem.html?id=163

http://www.shelsilverstein.com/Main.swf

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems

http://www.collegecram.com/study/claire/presentations/935#secto

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