by Colleen Crandall

Poetry and Art

5th

Students will create a limerick poem to express their point of view about slavery or jazz roots and/or music synthesizing ideas read about the Southern Colonies from Social Studies text p. 240-262, and paint a picture using the paint program to illustrate their poem.

Social Studies 5.4.5 Introduction of slavery into America, the ongoing struggle between the proponents and opponents of slavery.

Writing Applications: 2.2 Develop interpretations that exhibit careful reading and understanding using a writing strategy in response to literature

Listening and Speaking: 1.0 Students give focused, coherent presentations that convey clearly and relate to the interests of the audience through an oral presentation of a limerick poem which conveys a point of view

Reading Comprehension 2.3 Discern main ideas and concepts presented in texts, identifying and assessing evidence that supports those ideas.

Technology: 1.4 Create simple documents by using electronic media and employing organizational features — paint tools, pull-down menus, spell check

Time: 40 minutes

Materials needed: Limerick format overhead to use as a model for writing the poem, directions for students to read and utilize as they paint the picture to describe their poem, and rubric. (Example Limerick pdf or AppleWorks)

Activate Prior Knowledge: We have read many different things over the past year about discrimination and prejudice, and we have recently completed a reading of our Social Studies text about slavery in the early years of our nation. Today, I would like to show you a way to express your feelings and your ideas about things you have read and heard about through the writing of a limerick poem. After you complete the poem, you will use a new program to illustrate what you have written. The program you will learn to use for this lesson is called "Painting."

1. Use Write a Limerick (p.41 from Writing Poetry With Children by Evan-Moore Corporation, 1988) using model shown.

Choose the name of the person, place, or think your limerick is going to be about. This limerick will be about a slave.

Line 1 Create your first line. You may want to follow a pattern such as "There once was a _______named _______."

Make a list of words that rhyme with the last word in your sentence.

Line 2 Think of a second line that rhymes with your first line.

Line 3 & 4 Write 2 short lines that tell something about your topic. They will also need to rhyme with each other.

Line 5 Now, think of a final line that rhymes with your first line. (You might want to repeat part of your first line following the pattern, "That ______named ______."

2. Now, it is time to create your poem again on the computer and paint a picture to match what you wrote about.
3. Open Appleworks program and click on Painting.

5. To paint your picture, now you will use the pencil, the spray can, or the paintbrush tools. You can also use the lines and shapes if you need to. To choose a color, click on the colored block at the bottom of the tools and choose a color you would like your drawing to have. Remember, the picture must illustrate something from your poem.
6. After you have completed your picture, save your work to your file.

Teacher will walk around and check to see if students need assistance as they work through this set of instructions. Students will work in small groups during center rotations and teacher will assess for understanding and make sure students have a grasp of the instructions given in class time as well as the worksheet directions.

Students will work on the computers during center rotation time to complete a limerick poem and an illustration to show what they wrote about.

Students will print out their illustrated limerick and they will share it orally with the whole class.

Students will look to the rubric worksheet to check their work and teacher will assess the finished product to see it if meets the rubric requirements

Students will read the limerick aloud to parents and check to see that the lines rhyme correctly.

Name___________________

Date____________________

Create Your Poem: Use the Social Studies text to guide you as you’re writing your limerick from ideas on pages 240-262. Your topic to write about is Slavery or Jazz Roots.

Line 2 Think of a second line that rhymes with your first line.

Open Appleworks program and click on Painting.

Name___________________

Date____________________

1. Did I follow the format for the limerick where each of the lines rhyme in a format of aabba?
2. Did I check my spelling and grammar to be sure they are correct?
3. Does my limerick meet the criteria of being something about slavery or jazz roots from the Social Studies text pages on p. 240-262.
4. Did I synthesize information into the painting so it matches what I wrote about in my poem?
5. Will my painting project my feelings about slavery or jazz roots to my audience?

6 — Exceeded expectations

5 — Complete in all 5 areas listed above

4 - You missed one area.

3 — You missed 2 areas.

2 — You missed 3 areas.

1 — You missed 4 areas.