Genres: Let’s Make Comparisons
Created By:
E. Rembert
Title/Role:
2nd Grade Teacher
Organization/School Name:
Orchard Elementary School
Location:
Alabama
Grade Level:
3 Type of Lesson:
Lesson in a unit Type of Schedule:
Combination Collaboration Continuum:
Moderate Content Area:
Language Arts Content Topic:
Poetry, Folk Tales and Fables Scenario:
Students have difficulty comparing fables, folktales and poetry according to their genre characteristics. Students are unable to do so because they are unfamiliar with various forms of literature and their genre characteristics. As a collaborative group the classroom teachers, intervention teacher and Library Media Specialist develop a unit on poetry, fables and folktales.
The classroom teachers, intervention teacher and LMS work collaboratively to plan the unit and assign responsibilities. The LMS provides resources, lesson ideas as well as set aside books in the aforementioned genres and make them available to third grade students and teachers at their specified library times. Classroom teachers provide first delivery of instruction in the classroom utilizing read alouds of fables, folktales and poetry provided by the LMS. The intervention teacher works with lower performing students during intervention; creates a power point, and a graphic organizer (example-KWHL) as well as information sheets with genre characteristics that students look for as they compare the three genres. Students utilize a KWHL chart to activate background knowledge. Overview:
Students compare poetry, folk tales and fables in respect to their genre characteristics. The essential question framing this unit is: What genre similarities can be found in poetry, folk tales and fables?
Final Product:
Each student completes a KWHL chart (graphic organizer), a genre characteristic comparison checklist (compare the genre characteristics of poetry, fables and folktales using a checklist) and a genre identification sheet. Students identify the genre characteristics of three pieces of literature. Students identify each piece of literature as a fable, folktale or piece of poetry. Library Lesson:
Students learn to listen and watch for specific information (genre characteristics) then record it using a graphic organizer. Estimated Lesson Time:
120 minutes Have you taught this lesson before:
Yes Strategies for differentiation:
To address various learning styles/multiple intelligences:
Visual-Spatial: Students view video clips for each genre (poetry, fables, folktales)
Interpersonal: Students complete various graphic organizers and work in small groups.
Intrapersonal: Students have an opportunity to work independently to show what they have learned.
Linguistic: Students share ideas and thoughts in small groups with their peers, listen to literature read aloud, as well as receive direct instruct by the teacher through lecture and demonstration.