CLOUDS POEMS

S'COOL Lesson Plan: 4 Weeks

Grade Level: First English

Estimate time: 30 minutes for writing lesson for poem - 30 min. for edit, revise and publish.

Learnings Outcome: Students will write a poem about clouds.

National Standars: Standard A: Science as inquiry.

Virginia Standars of Learning: Science and English

• Science K 1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigation. 
• English 1. The student will continue to demostrate growth in the use of oral language.
• English 1.1 The student will expand understanding and use the world meaning.
• English 1.2 The student will print legibly.
• English. 1.3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of oral language estructure. 
• English 2. The student will use oral communication skills.
• English 2.1 The student will write cohesively for a variety of purposes.    

Prerequisite: It's helpful if students have previously done "cloud watching" at very basic level.

Vocabulary:

• Feelings and sensations wordsa
• S'cool words previously learned. 

Materials:

• Paper sheet
• Colors
• Pencil

Procedure:  

1. Review describing word list and what students learned last day from their cloud observation book. 
2. Tell the students that they will be working on a poem. The poem is called a cinquain. This poem has special rules. Go over the rule with them:

line #1= 1 word (noun) 

line #2= 2 adjetives (feelings)  

line #3=3 Actions words (verbs) 

line #4=4 words that express feelings or sensations related with word in line 1 

line #5=1 a noun related with the word in line 1     

Rain

white and soft

falls, splashes and love 

My happy, calm, great soul  

wets my hart.