Subject: Historical Poetry

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Ask and answer text dependent questions ...

Description: Engaging students in reading and developing reading for meaning skills, this literary bundle of lesson plans (4 separate segments 30-60 minutes each) is perfect to nurture oracy, fluency and comprehension!  Using the historical poem, "Star Spangled Banner," by Francis Scott Key that includes an historical explanation your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer
• Write a "book"  to demonstrate their understanding of poetic literary features forms and devices

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.5.6

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Use context clues to determine the ...

Description: Developing thoughtful, purposeful close reading lessons can be challenging!  We did the work for you! In this 1 hour fully scripted poetry lesson based on the historical poem, "Star Spangled Banner," by Francis Scott Key your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer the purpose of the poem
• Discover the ways poets use author's craft and text organization to support understanding

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6 & RL.5.1, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.5.6

Skills: Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice Use context clues to determine the ...

Description: Supporting our students in summarizing anything can be so challenging!  In this engaging 1 hour fully scripted close read of the historical poem, "Star Spangled Banner", by Francis Scott Key your students will:

• Participate in a series of engaging close reading lessons with many opportunities to develop vocabulary through oral language practice
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Ask and answer text dependent questions in order synthesize, summarize and infer
• Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the poem in order to capture the main idea

CCSS: RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.4 & RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.4