Grade 5: Poetry

[Delceta Ward]

Lesson plan

NAME: Delceta V Ward
SCHOOL: Irishtown Primary
DATE: Monday 10th November, 2008
SUBJECT: Poetry
TOPIC: “There was an old woman”
GRADE: 5 (five)
NO. OF STUDENTS: 12 males – 8 females
AGE: 10 - 11
ABILITY: Mixed
TIME: 25 minutes

OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson students should
be able to:

Knowledge: Summarize poems in sequence

Skill: Read poems with rhythm
Analyze fact or fiction

Attitude: Read for enjoyment and show
enthusiasm

INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIAL: Copies of the poem, picture sequence





CONTENT
ANALYSIS: This poem is a wonderful poem to teach students rhythm and rhyme. It will boost the students confidence when they are actively engage with the events in the poem.
The poem also teaches sequence – the
animals also increases in size.
PREVIOUS
KNOWLEDGE: Students know all of the animals so they can use their imagination to bring life to
the poem and analyze whether the poem is
fact or fiction.

INTRODUCTION: Have a student volunteer to be the old lady. She will use the pictures and follow the instructions as the poem is being read.

DEVELOPMENTAL
ACTIVITIES:
Step 1: Teacher will read the first part of
the poem. “There was an old
lady……..perhaps she’ll die.”
Step 2: Students will respond by chanting
together, “she swallowed the …..”

Step 3: Teacher and students read to the
end of the poem.
Have students tell if the poem is
fact or fiction.
“Do you think that the poem is a
fact? (no) Why not?” (the animals will kill her
or they can’t go into her mouth)


CULMINATING
ACTIVITIES: Have students tell how the events
occurred. “What was the first thing she
swallowed?”

APPLICATION: Have students read the poem
again.

APPENDIX: There Was An Old Woman

TEACHER: There was an old woman who swallowed a
fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a
spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside
her,

STUDENTS: She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

TEACHER: I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a
bird,
How absurd! to swallow a bird,

STUDENTS: She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside
her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

TEACHER: I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a
cat,
Imagine that! to swallow a cat,

STUDENT: She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside
her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

TEACHER: I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a
dog,
What a hog! to swallow a dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,

STUDENTS: She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside
her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

TEACHER: I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a
goat,
Just opened her throat! to swallow a goat,

STUDENTS; She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside
her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,

TEACHER: I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a
cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!

STUDENTS: She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside
her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
We don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

TEACHER: There was an old woman who swallowed a
horse,

STUDENTS: She's dead—of course!

EVALUATION:

[Kester Pemberton]

Grade: 5
Age: 9-10 years
Subject: Poetry
Sub Topic: Poetry Discussion-Daddy’s Little Girl
Duration: 1 session
Objectives: At the end of the lesson students should be able to:
1. Use their imaginations to visually present a character based on the poem
Specific Objectives: Students should be able to
Expressive
1. discuss ideas based on poem
Process
1. analyze the character within the poem
Affective
1. participate and cooperate in group discussion
2. respect the views and ideas of their peers

Previous Knowledge: Students were able to discuss poems based on describing scenes.


Approach and Strategies:
Efferent Listening
Communicative Approach
Group Discussion
Illustrative Materials: Poem of Daddy’s Little Girl

Introduction:
Pupils would carefully listen to the poem of Daddy’s Little Girl, as it is read by teacher.

Developing Activities:
Step 1
Poems would be distributed to class and students would read it.
Step 2
After poem is read the class would be divided into groups of five, where discussions would be carried out on the character being described in the poem. Pupils would be given the opportunity to view their ideas.
Step 3
Pupils would use their imaginations and creatively draw pictures of how they expect the character from the poem to appear.


Closure:
Pupils would post their pictures in the poetry corner for all to see.

Student Evaluation Activity:
Use your imagination and creatively draw a picture to visually present the character based on the poem.

Submitted by: Kester Pemberton