inferencing with Poetry Connecting A deeper look at Figure
19
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3.6(A)4.4(A)5.4(A) describe the characteristics of various
forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative
poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse). explain how
the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas,
line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse).
analyze how poets use sound effects (e.g., alliteration, internal
rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce meaning in poems.
TEKS Reading Poetry
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3.18(B)4.16(B)5.16(B) write poems that convey sensory details
using the conventions of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, patterns of
verse). write poems using: (i) poetic techniques (e.g.,
alliteration, onomatopoeia); (ii) figurative language (e.g.,
similes, metaphors); (iii) graphic elements (e.g., capital letters,
line length). TEKS Writing Poetry
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Draw conclusions from text Test and revise their predictions as
they read further Make reasonable predictions as they read
Interpret text or understand themes Analyze characters Piece 1
Piece 2 Piece 3 Piece 4 Piece 5 When inferring, good readers...
Figure out unfamiliar words Are actively building meaning beyond
literal interpretation Piece 6 Piece 7
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Big Ideas Students need to know: We infer all the time
Inferring is not guessing, predicting, or an opinion Inferring uses
exact clues from the text and background knowledge to come up with
an idea that is not written down in text Teachers need to know:
Teaching inference is a process Strategic pacing will pay off
Building the language for making inferences will help students
understand inferencing
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Good Lesson Begin with the foundation of inferencing Anchor
Lesson Activity Backpack Activity Build Key Vocabulary
Inference/Infer Clues Background Knowledge Predict Draw Conclusions
Text Structure Theme Reasonable Prediction Implied Lyrical Free
Verse Stanza Textual Evidence Plot (rising action/problem, climax,
resolution/solution Poetry
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Good Lesson Brainstorm Think TurnTalk What is another anchor
activity you could use to introduce inferencing to your class? What
activities could you use in the classroom to teach key vocabulary
terms for inferencing? Poetry
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Good Lesson Teacher provides definition of poetry.
visualization activity students silently read poem, Victory
students are asked to use clues from the text about what they infer
about the poem students write their thoughts in their readers
notebook Poetry
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Good Lesson Have students complete: What I read What I know My
Inference Poetry
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EXIT TICKET for students: Identify one thing you learned today.
Good Lesson Poetry
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Good Lesson Reflection ThinkTurnTalk Is this a good lesson? If
so, what makes it good? What is missing from this lesson?
Poetry
Better Lesson Build Key Vocabulary See Good Lesson for Key
Terms Poetry
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Better Lesson Teacher reads poem, Victory, to class Model think
aloud: This poem reminds me of Discuss how you came to that
conclusion (schema) Poetry
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Better Lesson Students will read poem and highlight important
words that helped them gain meaning Poetry
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Better Lesson Students will determine if poem is lyrical or
free verse Have students draw a line between stanzas and number
each stanza Poetry
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Better Lesson Have students complete What I Read, What I know,
My Inference Activity using highlighted poem Clues from Text What I
Know About the Clue My Inference! Poetry
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Better Lesson Conclusion: Discuss text structure, rhythm,
rhyming words, alliteration, figurative language: metaphor &
simile, imagery, tone, visual effect of poem, plot and students
inferences. Poetry
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Better Lesson EXIT TICKET for students: Identify one thing you
learned today and one thing you need clarification on. Poetry
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Better Lesson REFLECTION: Think, Turn and Talk: What do you
think was good about this lesson? What do you think made it a
better lesson? What is missing? Poetry
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Best Lesson Anchor Lesson Activity Backpack Activity
Poetry
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Best Lesson Build key content area vocabulary Introduce
vocabulary that will build background knowledge Poetry
Best Lesson Think Aloud Strategy Tell students, As we read the
poem together, we are going to look at the key vocabulary terms we
have discussed. We are also going to look for emotions, characters
feelings, the 5 senses, text structure and many other features as
we read through the poem. Poetry
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Best Lesson Think Aloud Strategy Continued... Teacher reads
through the poem one time. Then teacher reads the poem line by
line, modeling a think aloud with the poem on chart paper using
sticky notes to guide students through analyzing of the poem. Be
sure to use the STAAR Question Stems Poetry
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Best Lesson STAAR Stems: What is the speaker doing in this
poem? What is the main message of the poem? The poet helps the
reader understand how it felt mainly by... ? The reader can tell
that the poem is written in free-verse form because it does not
have? Which poetic structure is found in the poem? The poet
mentions ________ at the beginning of the poem to convey?
Poetry
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Best Lesson STAAR Stems Continued... The poet places the words
"_______ on a line by themselves most likely because the words? The
repetition of the line "______" suggests that the speaker... ?
Lines ___ through ___ are included in the poem because they... ?
There are many more questioning stems available on the additional
handout. Poetry
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Best Lesson Building the Reading-Writing Connection Teacher
will model writing a poem about a victory Students will apply
strategy to write individual poems Poetry
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Best Lesson EXIT TICKET for students: Read a partners poem.
What can you infer about the event mentioned in his/her poem?
Poetry
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Best Lesson EXTENSION: Infer the missing piece Students will
read the beginning and end of a poem (with the middle removed) and
create the middle of the poem Connect to other content areas
Poetry
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Best Lesson Poetry
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Best Lesson Planning Time Use this time to plan your best
lesson for inferencing using poetry Poetry
