Poetry and Inferences

We have begun our unit of study on reading and writing poetry as well as the reading comprehension strategy of making inferences.  

Below is the rubric used to assess students in making inferences.

INFERENCES

1          No response/inference.

2          Attempts a prediction or conclusion, inaccurate or unsubstantiated with text information.

3          Draws conclusions or makes predictions that are consistent with text or schema.

4          Draws conclusions and/or makes predictions and can explain the source of the conclusion or prediction in text.

5          Develops predictions, interpretations, and/or conclusions about the text that include connections between the text and the reader's background knowledge or ideas and beliefs and that enhances the overall meaning of the text, make it more memorable to the reader.

We are reading the books Love That Dog and Hate That Cat as a class.  Students are independently reading poems and trying to find their favorite poets. 

In writing, students will be expected to use the following revision strategies on their required six poems:

o  Power of I

o  Leads: Begin Inside

o  Conclude Strongly

o  Line Breaks

o  Stanza Breaks

o  Poetic License for Punctuation

o  Cut to the Bone

o  Use Repetition

o  Figurative Language (2 things at once)

I will post each revision strategy on Edmodo as well as mentor poems (examples) with effective use of each strategy.  

Also in the poetry project, students will be expected to turn in three double entry journals which show me their ability to think about their thinking, as well as the inferences they create during their reading of poetry.  Students will write a letter to their mentor poet that describes why they enjoy their self selected mentor poet and what writing qualities the mentor poet taught them.

It's a really fun and meaningful unit.  We're all enjoying it thus far.