Link+to+Actual+Poems+and+Lesson+Attached

=**Poem One:** =

Poem by Langston Hughes I loved my friend. He went away from me. There’s nothing more to say.  The poem ends, Soft as it began – I loved my friend

__DAY 1__: **Learning Target:** I can visualize the poem in my mind. This means that I can draw the movie that plays in my mind when I hear and read this poem. **Materials:**  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Poem on Chart Paper (Beautiful Copy)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Poem on Chart Paper (this poem will be "marked up")
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">White paper (cut into fours)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Students should be at their desks during this Read Aloud
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Caddies with drawing materials
 * Teacher Directed Instruction/Student Practice:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Teacher reads poem
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Students echo read
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Students read alone
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher talks about visualizing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Students have an opportunity to visualize the poem
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Teacher may read the poem a few poems while students are visualizing (teacher really pushes students to think deeply and to visualize for little details)
 * Share**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Students share their visualizing with table groups
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A few students share out to the whole group
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visualizations should be posted

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__DAY 2:__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Learning Target:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I can synthesize what the poem is really about by making inferences and thinking about the mood of the poem. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Plan:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Read the poem and work on synthesizing and inferring what the poem means. Record student thinking and synthesis on the marked up paper.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Talk about the general "mood" of the poem
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Have students pick out the words that help you understand the mood of the poem
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">nothing, ends, loved (with emphasis on the past-tense), soft

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> __DAY 3:__

I can make connections to a poem. I can wonder and ask questions about a poem.
 * Learning Target:**

Lead a discussion about the following with turn and talks. Think about "accountable talk" = =
 * Plan:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Wondering/Questioning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Connections

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Poem 2:** = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> My People <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">By Langston Hughes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The night is beautiful, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">So the faces of my people. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The stars are beautiful, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">So the eyes of my people. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Beautiful, also is the sun. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Beautiful, also are the souls of my people.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Day 1: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Day 2:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lead a discussion about
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Visualizing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Inferring (metaphor)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lead a discussion about
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Synthesizing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Wondering
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Connections