Module 6-Lyric Poetry-Language Arts 5A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

Students will learn how to read and understand lyric poetry. Students will learn how to listen for rhythm and other sound effects in poetry. Students will learn about the importance of imagery in poetry. Students will learn how to identify antonyms and synonyms and how to use them as context clues.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Themes in Lyric Poetry
  1. Identify and express the theme or themes of a lyric poem.
2 Sound Effects
  1. Identify the ways in which poems make music.
3 Uses of Imagery
  1. Describe how poets use imagery in lyric poems.
4 Antonyms and Synonyms
  1. Use synonyms and antonyms to understand unfamiliar words in a poem.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
lyric
literary
device
rhythm
rhyme
literary device
imagery
simile
metaphor
synonym
antonym

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Themes in Lyric Poetry 3 Finding Themes in Poems Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Themes in Lyric Poetry Browse through a book of poems either from the suggested book list in the course guide on the learning coach website or one of your choosing. Read some out loud and see if your student can identify examples of lyric poetry.
2 Sound Effects Browse through a book of poems either from the suggested book list in the course guide of the learning coach website or one of your choosing. Read some out loud and see if your student can identify the sound devices being used.
3 Uses of Imagery In their Language Arts notebook, have your student write a poem using imagery.
4 Antonyms and Synonyms In their Language Arts notebook, have your student brainstorm a list of synonyms and antonyms.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Themes in Lyric Poetry
  1. What is lyric poetry?
Sound Effects
  1. What are sound devices and how are they used in poems?
Uses of Imagery
  1. What is imagery?
Antonyms and Synonyms
  1. How can you use synonyms and antonyms to help you figure out the meaning of a word?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question
Themes in Lyric Poetry From Human Family
  1. What is the theme of this poem?
  2. What evidence from the poem gives you clues to the theme?
Sound Effects Poetry: Ollie the Octopus
  1. What can a poem include?
Sound Effects Meter
  1. What is the meter of a poem?
  2. How is rhythm related to poetry?
Uses of Imagery What A Poet Sees
  1. How does Rita Dove use imagery to create a mood or a feeling in her poetry?
Antonyms and Synonyms Your Word Bank
  1. What are synonyms?
  2. What are antonyms?
  3. What are homophones?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Collected Poems for Children Ted Hughes
2 The New Kid on the Block Jack Prelutsky

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing