Synonym Poetry
Subjects
- Arts & Humanities
Language Arts
- Educational Technology
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Grades
3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Brief Description
Students choose a word -- any word -- think about what it means to them, and build synonym poems around their words!
Objectives
Students
- choose a word.
- list synonyms for the word.
- use their lists of words and library and/or online reference tools (a thesaurus and/or dictionary) to build poems around the words they chose.
- share their synonym poems with classmates.
Keywords
adjective, describe, dictionary, poem, poetry, rhyme, synonym, thesaurus, vocabulary
Materials Needed
library or online dictionaries and/or thesauruses (optional)
Lesson Plan
Explain to students that they will choose a word, brainstorm adjectives and descriptive phrases related to the word, and use their brainstormed ideas to write synonym poems. For complete details, see the lesson, Synonym Poetry.
Assessment
Students accurately use synonyms in their poems.
Lesson Plan Source
30 Days of Poetry
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
TECHNOLOGY
Return to this week's Lesson Planning article, Turn Students Into Well-Versed Poets. See the sidebar in that article for links to additional poetry lesson ideas.
Originally published 04/19/2002
Links last updated 03/18/2007
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