Students and teachers employ think-aloud strategies as they read literature, compose poems, and create artwork related to the theme of peace. This unit is designed for collaborative teaching among classroom, art, and technology teachers, and school librarians. A single educator can also teach this unit. During nine and a half hours, plus publishing time, students will: practice think-aloud strategies when reading literature; apply think-aloud strategies when listening to poetry and viewing art; compile questions and personal responses to literature using a graphic organizer; study the symbol of the dove via the Internet and re-envision Picasso's dove in their own artwork; brainstorm and compose a shared classroom poem about peace; use technology tools in the prewriting, composition, revision, and publication stages of the writing process; and compose individual poems inspired by their own artwork. The instructional plan, lists of resources, student assessment/reflection activities, and a list of National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association (NCTE/IRA) Standards addressed in the lesson are included. A graphic organizer; a peace poem template; a sample peace web and poem; a think-aloud monitoring sheet; teacher modeling sheet; and a rubric for Picasso Peace Dove Poem are attached. (PM)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- ['MarcoPolo Education Foundation.', 'National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.', 'International Reading Association, Newark, DE.']
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Guides - Classroom - Teacher
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- Author 2
- Instructional Plan 3
- Student AssessmentReflections 7
- Click on Start scroll up to Microsoft Office scroll over and down to 13
- Microsoft Power Point orange icon and click. 13
- A window appears choose Design Template. Click through the 13
- At this point you will want to SAVE your work by clicking on the Disk 13
- Choose the blank slide and then click OK. 13
- From the top menu bar click on Insert then Picture 13
- From File. 13
- Locate the folder with the scans. Click on the students image file. 13
- Minimize Power Point and open the Microsoft Word file with the 13
- One partner will read the Pathfinder while the other composes his or 14
- Click on Insert - Duplicate Slide. Minimize Power Point. Maximize 14
- Click on the previous persons picture. Cut the picture with the 14
- Scissors Icon on the upper menu bar. Click on Insert then Picture From File. Find and highlight your picture and click on Insert. 14
- Switch places with your partner. You will read now while your 14
