The lesson plan is a general idea of what can be done with the book and experiment. There is no set procedure to follow. There is a list of five activities that the class can do. Although the lesson may be effective the lesson plan is useless except for the well broken down evaluation.
Evaluation may become more descriptive when using it for language arts. Most subject content areas use rubrics to decipher a students understanding of the material, while some just use sounds. The language art lesson plan on poetry was listed under music because of its use of instruments to recognize equal and unequal rhythms in poetry. This lesson, with a few alterations, can be useful in having students create their own poems and, most importantly, for recognizing that some of their favorite songs are poems. .
To engage students at an elementary level a lesson must structured around them. If it relates to them as an individual, then it relates to them as a class. Using music to identify with poetry can be an astounding link for students. The lesson offers a poem for groups of students to put to rhythms. The recognition of equal and unequal rhythm is important for younger students to acquire because of the rhyming poems they are introduced to. When students are first taught poetry it rhymes. At the third grade level they are now being introduced to a whole new type of poetry. This lesson plan presents students with a hands on experience to redefine poetry.
In grades 6 to 9 students are being introduced to imagery through poetry. The lesson plan includes each student's silhouette which will include pictures(images) from magazines and other resources. The students are using their fine motor skills to collect their images. Students are also brainstorming their ideas and images while they are searching. In later school grades students usually have authority problems. They are displeased when forced to complete an assignment.
