1. I can read for longer amounts of time. 2. I can read and make notes about poetry. 3. I can break down (analyze) poetry and text features. 4. I can write about what I read.
Monday
1. Read a book of your choice for 15 minutes. You may use MackinVIA (HUB Digital Resources), Houston Public Library- HPL (HUB Digital Resources), any novels at home, or anything else that’s available around the house.
2. As you read, write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page. Be sure to write this information in your reader’s notebook (you can even use your electronic device or available paper).
3. Next, pick one poem from the poetry section of the Genre Study. Read and make notes on the text. Stuck? Use the Reading is Thinking Easy Annotation guide in the Resource Packet to help you out!
4. When you are done reading, pick one option in the Reader’s Response section of the Genre Study. The Reader’s Response task can be completed based on the poem you choose OR your independent reading book.
5. Choose one of the STAAR stems in the STAAR Stems section of the Genre Study and complete the stem/question using the text you picked.
6. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. This entry can be about anything. It can be your thoughts or your wonderings about your reading. It could be a review of something you’ve watched or read recently. It could also be something about your experiences. For more ideas, see Writing Prompts in the Resource Packet.
Tuesday
1. Read a book of your choice for 15 minutes (just like you did yesterday). Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Next, go back to the poem from yesterday. Re-read your notes to jog your memory about what the text was about. 3. Next, pick one option within the Graphic Organizer section of the Genre Study and finish the task using the
selected text. All bolded items are resources in the Resource Packet. 4. Next, choose one option within the Writing section of the Genre Study and write it in your writer’s notebook. 5. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource
Packet if you need ideas
Wednesday
1. Keep reading a book of your choice for 15 minutes (just like you did yesterday). Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Next, choose a second poem from the poetry section of the Genre Study and use the Reading is Thinking Easy Annotation guide in the Resource Packet to help you take notes.
3. Pick one option within the Reader’s Response section of the Genre Study complete the task using your chosen text OR your independent reading book
4. Next, choose one option within the STAAR Stems section of the Genre Study and finish the stem or answer the question in your reader’s notebook.
5. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource Packet if you need ideas.
1. Keep reading a book of your choice for 15 minutes. Don’t give up! You got this! Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Next, go back to the poem from yesterday. Re-read your notes to refresh your memory. 3. Next, pick one option within the Graphic Organizer section of the Genre Study and complete the organizer using
the poem you chose. All bolded items are resources in the Resource Packet. 4. Next, choose one of the prompts in the Writing section of the Genre Study and write in your writer’s notebook. 5. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource
Packet if you need ideas.
Friday
1. Keep reading a book of your choice for 15 minutes. Don’t forget to write down anything that surprises you, any interesting language you notice, or words that pop from the page in your reader’s notebook.
2. Create a one-pager on poetry as a final project. Please use the Genre One-Pager template in the Resource Packet for an idea on how to get started!
3. Finally, create a half-page writer’s notebook entry. Don’t forget to use the Writing Prompts in the Resource Packet if you need ideas.
Student-Produced Weekly Product
By the end of the week, you will have completed a poetry genre study and will have the following products:
2 Reader’s Response tasks
2 STAAR Stems tasks
2 Graphic Organizer tasks
2 Writing tasks
5 writer’s notebook entries
1 poetry Genre One-Pager Consider checking them off as you go.
• “Bird” p. 52 (myPerspectives) • “Ode to Teachers” p. 54 (myPerspectives) • “Translating Grandfather’s House” (Pearson Realize) • “Toasting Marshmallows” (Poetry Foundation) • “Slam, Dunk, & Hook” (Poetry Foundation) Also consider: Poets.org and Poetry Foundation.com
Task Poetry/Drama
Reader Response • Choose an image from one of the poems and sketch a picture in your reader’s notebook. • Choose a sentence or line from a poem and use the Invitation to Imitation chart to
imitate author’s craft. • Complete Reader’s Response: Biographical Pyramid graphic organizer using one of
the texts above to analyze the speaker of one of the poems.
STAAR Stems • The title of the poem is effective because it suggests that the speaker… • The poet uses metaphor (or imagery) in order to… • Based on the details in the poem, the reader can conclude… • The following lines from the poem reflect a lesson that the speaker learns…
Graphic Organizers • Create a Dialectical Journal to track your thinking about the poem and what it makes you think about. See the chart below.
• Complete one of the Making Connections graphic organizers to make connections from
what you read in the poem to yourself, to another text, or to a real-world example. • Use a Notice-Name-Effect chart to locate and identify poetic elements and then analyze
their effects on the reader. See the chart below.
Text Evidence Personal Reaction or Connection
Notice (Quote from the text)
Name (What the device used?/ Describe what it does.)
Effect (How does it influence the text or the reader?)
Writing • Choose any word, phrase, or line from one of the poems above and use that to begin your own original poem.
• What is the author’s message in the poem? Do you agree with that message? Why or why not?
• Write a flash fiction story (1,000 words or fewer) starring a poem’s speaker as the main character. What conflict are they facing? How will they solve it?
*All bolded items can be found in the Resources Packet. You may use the handout or copy the graphic into your reader’s notebook or on a sheet of paper.
Write about your day in a movie preview voice. ("In a world...").Find a picture that inspires you on onceuponapicture.co.uk and freewrite or answer the questions belowthe picture.How do you think current events will be explained in history books? Write an excerpt from a history booka hundred years from now about things that are happening now. If you had to give a speech right now about any subject, what could you talk about for five minutes?What would you say?Play an autocorrect game! On a cell phone, type 'In the future, I will' and then hit the middlesuggested word button until you get a complete sentence. What did you get? Does it seem true or not?Choose one word from a headline or news story and write a story or poem with that as the title. Choose a scene from your independent reading book and rewrite it from the point of view of anothercharacter. What was your favorite movie or book as a child? Do you think you would feel the same about it if youread or watched it today? Why or why not?Journal about your experience during the shutdown. Write a letter to your future self. What do you hope your future self has learned from this experience?What is the most precious object you own and why? What childhood toy do you wish you still had and why?Cast your independent reading book! If they were to make your independent reading book into a movie,who would play all the characters?If you were to write your memoir (the story of your life), what would the title be and why? What eventswould you write about? If you had an unlimited budget, what would you do for your next birthday party? Who would you invite?Where would it be? What kind of food would be served?
Writing Prompts
Qualities List or Web
Genre One-PagerFor Example
Make A Connection Freewrite
List or make a web of all of the qualities thatmake this genre what it is.
What are some examples of this genre that youhave read? How do you know they fit in thisgenre?
Choose three (3) of the qualities above and findexamples of those qualities in one of the textsyou've read in this genre.
Freewrite in this genre! Write your own story,poem, informational, or persuasive text in fiftywords or fewer.
Invitation to ImitateMentor Sentences
MEntor Sentence
We become more skilled by noticing the moves that writers make and trying them out in our own writing.
My teacher's model Sentence
My sentence
Reading is Thinking!Reader's Response: Biography Pyramid
Title: _______________Author:_________
_____________ Person
____________ ____________ Character Trait Character Trait
____________ ____________ ____________ Person's Birth Date
____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ Person's Place of Birth
__________ __________ __________ ____________ ____________ Important Event in Person's Life
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ Another Important Event in Person's Life
_________ ___________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ A Third Important Event in Person's Life
_________ __________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ The Effect the Persson Had on the World
Key TakeAway: WhY is this important? What did I take to heart?
Making Connections across texts (Text 1) (Text 2 )
