Three Writing Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan One
"Twenty Lines"

Objective: Introduce poetry to students
Students will practice editing and changing their poems to make the best product

Students will practice writing a 20 line poem with very specific directions. Each line has to be a specific thing. Students must use the first and last lines (write a metaphor) but otherwise students can switch lines as they wish.

Students will practice changing up lines in order to practice editing skills and become better poets.

Students will then share with classmates.



Lesson Plan Two:
Visual Poetry

Materials needed:
IMovie
A collection of images
a poem students have written

Objectives
Students will be able to communicate ideas, concepts and themes through the use of spoken words and images

Students will write a poem that suits a visual poem. It should include a good deal of imagery and a definitive theme. Students will spend some time finding images that pair well with that poem and will combine the two in Imovie.

Students will then share their final project.


Lesson plan three
"Working with Voice"

Objectives:
Students will understand voice

Students will be asked to choose a character in one of their stories that needs a stronger voice. They will be asked to tell the story of a regular day through that character. They will write about just an ordinary day in their character's lives to see how they speak, how they view their world, and how they like their coffee.

They will then write from their characters point of view on a day when everything goes wrong. That way the students can recognize how their character differs in times of stress.