Theme+TBD

**Learning Targets/Standards**: Students will determine the meaning of phrases as they are used in the poem. Students will analyze how word choices impact the tone of the poem.
 * These are not Poems!** (Poems written about a girls feelings)
 * Students will be Reading for Information ( Craft and Structure) **


 * I can: **
 * Make guesses about the poem.
 * Read a poem understand what the writer is saying.
 * Read a poem and explain what the author is saying in my own words.
 * Identify words that tells how the character is feeling.
 * Describe how my interpertation is different from my neighbors interpertation of the poem. (Collaboration & Communicaton)
 * write a poem about something that has happened in my life when given a list of "mood/tone" words.

**Essential Questions:**
 * What is a poem?
 * Do poems always have to rhyme?
 * What is a ryhme?
 * What are the three key vocab words in the book?
 * definition
 * in your own words
 * What poem can you relate to the most and why?
 * What feelings were being expressed in each poem?
 * What was the author trying to tell the reader?
 * How did the poems make you feel?


 * Supporting Activities for understanding: **
 * Word sort with mood/tone words
 * Bubble.us/inspiration software - descriptors for each poem
 * Draw pictures to represent mood/tone words (e.g. different faces)


 * Demonstrate Understanding: **
 * Online Quiz
 * Write a poem when given mood words


 * Technology: **
 * Projector/Elmo
 * Online poetry site
 * Insipration/bubbl.us
 * Mystudiyo - online quiz site


 * Links: **
 * [|bubbl.us]
 * [|inspiration.com]
 * [|mystudiyo.com]