Meet Robert Louis Stevenson -- Issue 17 -- April 22-28
This week's standards: Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text. Students identify forms and elements of literature. (Language Arts: Reading)
Activities:
- Select one of the poems in today’s Mini Page. Draw a picture to go with the poem. Then copy the poem on the paper under your picture. Give the poem to a family member or friend.
- Look through the newspaper to find rhyming words. Circle a word with a colored marker. Then find a word that rhymes with that word and circle it in the same color. To try something different, circle a word with a marker and write your own rhyming word next to that word.
- Go to the weather section of your newspaper. Circle at least six weather words. Now use those words in your own poem about weather.
- Select your favorite comic strip in the newspaper. Write a “cinquain” about the character in the comic strip. On the first line, write the character’s name. On the second line, write two words that describe the character. On the third line, write three verbs ending in ‘ing’ that tell what the character does. On the fourth line, write a four-word phrase about the character. On the fifth line, write another word for the character.
- Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about one of the poets whose books are featured in today’s Mini Page. Use these questions to guide your research: When did the poet first become interested in writing poetry? What topics does the poet like to write about? Where does the poet get his/her ideas for poems? How does the poet write his/her poems? What awards or recognition has the poet received?
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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