Unit 4 – Lesson Plan 2

Lesson Plan 2

Name:

Robert Lewis

Name of strategy:

Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas

Source (Where did this come from?):

Read Write Think

Link to the strategy:

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=417

Give a thorough description of the strategy and how it will be implemented.

This strategy has been designed to fit in an Astronomy based course. However, I want to modify this strategy to fit into a 8^th Grade History Course on North Carolina. I do plan on using the original lesson plan for teaching Astronomy if given the opportunity.

This lesson plan also wants the students to use their software to publish or print the poems. I feel that there are alternatives to doing this like, pen and paper, or a word processing program like Open Office. Open Office is a free alternative to Microsoft Office and the files can be saved as Microsoft Office files which can be read by any computer that has MS Office or Open Office. The lesson is very simple and requires the student to write poetry. The teacher can use a word list of different topics or people going to be covered within the course. The Teacher will also give the students a list of different types of poems which is listed in the lesson plan. The Students will be instructed to come up with 10 poems related to these topics. Once they have completed these poems the students will select 3 of the best to turn into the teacher. These can then be organized by subject and read at the beginning of each lesson. If we were to start talking about Slavery in the South then we could choose a poem from a slave master, or an African American who has been enslaved. This would be the icebreaker into the new lesson.

Explain what part of the standard course of study is addressed by this activity.

I am addressing this activity for 8^th grade social studies covering all area, but I think it can be applied to all subjects. It is the nature of the project that allows this to be possible. The assignment gives the students a different point of view when learning.

Explain why you think this strategy will work and how this strategy help your students learn?

I think this strategy will work because it allows the students to first be creative and second spark interest in a particular area. When they are writing a poem about the Cherokee Indians, or about R. J. Reynolds, they gain an interest in the subject. When the subject is taught they will have already heard the names and be that much more interested.