Assignment #3

Assignment #3

A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry

Lesson Critique

I found the sample lesson plan to cover all of the appropriate literacy elements including reading, writing, speaking and listening and language. These elements included identifying words in read-aloud books, create a class poem, performing their poem in front of others, listening and critiquing others performance, and assessing their efforts using a checklist.

Session one: The lesson begins with a read aloud from the Berenstain Bears series. The students share any thoughts or comments they have about the story. The lesson jumps right to a found poem being shown that was wrote by the teacher. I feel it would have been more effective to write your found poem along with the students for a better understanding.

Session two: I like how the class is session two is started with a review of a found poetry. I agree with having the students take notes of words or phrases that interest them to use in their own class found poem. This engages the students and keeps them interest in the topic at hand. Using a line from students and having him or her read their selected line is a good classroom group activity. 

Session three: Session three is a good way of assessing what the students absorbed from the lesson. Having them prepare a oral presentation is a good way to practice language, speaking and literacy.

Session four: Session four is a final and last assessment to assure that all teaching objectives were reached. Having students share thought and reflections as a final task is a good way to assess final learning outcomes.