Moving Poetry (PE) Lesson Plan, Day 5

Teacher: ___Carla Goldberg ____________ Grade level: ____6________

Stage 1 Desired Results Established Goals/Content Standards: AK PE Standards: Standard A.4: Demonstrate competency for participation in rhythmic activities. Understandings: Students will understand Poetry can lead to physical motion Poetry can take on its own movement pattern Student objectives (outcomes): Students will know How to associate words and reading of words with movement Essential Questions: Can words motivate you to move your body?

Student objectives (outcomes): Students will be able to Move slow when the words are a slow pattern and move fast when the words are at a fast pace.

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence Performance Tasks: Other Evidence: Students will move slow during the slow Teacher will do formal and informal part of the poem and fast during the fast assessments of the class while they do the part of the poem. activity. Self-Assessments Students will be asked to stop and self assess to think if they are on beat or understand the concept. Other Evidence, Summarized Teacher will observe students moving and see if they are meeting the performance standards.

Stage 3 Learning Plan Materials Poem below displayed on Promethean Board Learning Activities The poem you are going to read to the class is about a train that starts out slow, gathers momentum, goes fast and then slows down and stops. While reading the poem talk slow and rhythmically as if you were the train, as the train speeds up, talk faster and talk real slow at the end of the poem as the train comes to a stop.

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1. Dont tell the students the name of the poem before you read it or talk about it. Read The Song the Train Sang by Neil Adams from alligator Raggedy-Mouth by Maureen Hanke & Jacalyn Leedham. Poem Movement This isthe.one arms in circles That isthe.one arms in circles This is the one, arms in circles That is the one, arms in circles This is the one, that is the one arms in circles That is the one, that is the one arms in circles Over the river, past the mill, Through the tunnel under the hill; Round the corner, past the wall, Through the wood where trees grow tall. Then in sight of the town by the river, Brake by the crossing where white leaves quiver. Slow as the streets of the town slide past And the windows stare at the jerk of the coachers Coming into the station approaches. Stop at the front. Stop at the front. Stop at the front. Stop at the Stop. Ahhhhhhh! 2. Ask: What is this poem about? Did how I read it make it easier for you to figure out it was a train? 3. Add: Arm and leg movements to match the poem 4. Repeat several times. Encourage students to move around the room more and get more into the poem. They should also read it too as they move. 5. Show the following videos to demonstrate other movement and poetry examples Tic Tac Toe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqaH8oJ2jHE&feature=related Boom Slap Clap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBSteR_0vdQ&feature=related The Cup Game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxz4y-ovqHQ&feature=relmfu 6. Ask the class if they know any games like this. Have them demonstrate and teach the class if they would like to. Have fun playing! If no one is willing, you can re-watch one of the videos above and it wil show you how. Practice as an entire class. Arms over Arms thru tunnel Arms & Legs, around and move forward Stop and arms up like a tree hand see above pull brake slow jerk body slow slow stop.

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