📖Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
⏰Time
Estimated time: 30- 45 minutes
📲Technology Required
A device with a web-browser – PC, Mac or Chromebook – or phone or tablet. Google classroom or similar app will be needed if the teacher wishes to share slides and assignment online.
📃Summary
This is the eighth in a 10-unit English/ Language Arts unit centered around a visit to their grandmother that integrates English/ Language Arts and indigenous history. Teacher gives a brief presentation on rhyme schemes and figurative language. Students read a poem and complete a short quiz. Students then play Making Camp Premium to learn more about idioms.
📚Lesson Plan
Introduce the lesson
Using this Google slides presentation, the teacher discusses figurative language, figures of speech, metaphors, similes and idioms.
Read about rhyming schemes
Students can follow this link to the poetry4kids page on rhyming schemes.
or you can download the page here to print out in class or attach to an assignment in Google classroom.
We recommend reading at least the first part aloud to students to help them understand the sound of different rhyming schemes. Students can then complete the second part of this assignment individually or as a class, with students voting by raising their hands or posting in the chat their answer for the rhyming scheme of each poem.
Complete assignment analyzing a poem
Students will read the poem, Friends, and complete a short quiz. The poem and quiz can be found here.
The answer key for the quiz, along with the poem, can be found here.
Review Idioms in Making Camp Premium
Students should go to the Making Camp Premium game, playable online, or offline on a phone or tablet. They should select WORDS from the choice screen and the the two icons that show a watched pot that is not boiling and the price tag of an arm and a leg.
Related Lesson
This lesson is part of a unit centered around a visit to Grandma’s house. The previous lesson in this unit is Author’s Purpose.
Introducing Idioms – This lesson plan is not part of the unit, but related to the content taught above. It helps students recognize and understand idioms and what they are through different examples.
ASSESSMENT
This lesson plan includes three formative assessments. First, the students answer questions on rhyming scheme, either individually or as a group. Second, students answer the quiz on the poem, Friends. Third, students complete activities in Making Camp Premium which are recorded and scored automatically.
You can view your students’ progress on mastering this standard by viewing your Making Camp Premium Teacher Reports. You can view the Making Camp Premium reports here.