Lesson Plan
Buzzing Sensory Poems
In this fun bee-inspired lesson plan, students will be able to practice using sensory language when writing their very own poems. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the lesson plan **Snap, Crackle, Pop Poetry**
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Objectives
Academic
Students will be able to identify sensory language in poetry.
Language
Students will be able to use descriptive language to write a list poem with grade level words using written and visual supports,
Introduction
(15 minutes)- Display the cover of* Are you a Bee?* by Judy Allen and ask students what they see (bees).
- Invite students to turn and talk to their partner to share one thing they already know about bees.
- Have students share out their prior knowledge while you capture their thinking on a piece of chart paper titled, "Bees" (pay attention to sensory language and underline those words to come back to).
- Read aloud Are You a Bee? by Judy Allen.
- As you read, pause to define new vocabulary words with student-friendly definitions (using the Vocabulary Cards and Glossary as references).
- When you finish reading, ask students what they learned about bees from the book. Have students turn and talk to share what they learned, using the sentence starter, "I learned ________."
- Invite students to share out what they learned, and add new ideas to the "Bees" chart.