Learning Activity Template

 

Title:    Partner Poetry                                                                                                                          

 

Curriculum:   Language Arts                                                                                                                 

 

Grade-Level Span:   4-6                                                                                                                      

 

Authors Names & School Districts:    Patti Anderson and Shelly Kunst; Proctor School District

 

 

PURPOSE: Getting to know your classmate, increasing vocabulary and creating an acrostic poem,

using technology.

 

DESCRIPTION:  Students will create an Acrostic Poem of a classmate using technology for their final draft.

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES

Curriculum Standards

Minnesota Technology Standards

ISTE-NETS

Information Literacy Standard

Big 6

Getting To Know You Interview

 

 

 

II B

 

Acrostic Poetry Web Worksheet

 

 

1,2

I A

 

Create Rough Draft about Classmate

 

 

3,5

 

 

Student Checklist

 

 

3

 

 

Students will use Acrostic Poem Writing Tool to create final copy

 

 

3

IIA, IV B&C

 

Students will share poem out loud

 

 

 

 

 

Poems will be assembled in a classroom book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOOLS AND RESOURCES:

(List all Web sites, specific software and hardware, and other needs.)

            www.readwritethink.org

            www.thesaurus.com

 

 

ASESSMENT:

(How will you assess the students’ learning? If you have a rubric, record it here. Be as specific as possible.)

                 Rubric

 

CREDITS (INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION):

(Record the names and e-mail addresses, if possible, of those who contributed to the development of this learning activity.) 

                                    Patti Anderson  (panderso@proctor.k12.mn.us)

                                    Shelly Kunst  (mkunst@proctor. K12.mn.us)

 

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Used with permission of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project (http://www.iste.org or http://cnets.iste.org)  Contact:  Lajeane Thomas, Louisiana Tech University, P.O. Box 3161, Ruston, LA 71272;   Voice: 318 257-3923  Email:  lthomas@latech.edu