LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 4

The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objective 4.05

Write and/or participate in writing by using an author's model of language and extending the model (e.g., writing different ending for a story, composing an innovation of a poem).

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

A bear of a poem: Composing and performing found poetry
Following a read-aloud of one of the Berenstain Bears books, the teacher challenges students to extract words from the text in order to create a collaborative class poem, which students perform for an audience. This lesson... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
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As slippery as an eel: An ocean unit exploring simile and metaphor
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. Using the figurative language they have identified in their readings as a model, students revise their own work to add simile and metaphor. Students... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
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All Together Now: Collaborations in Poetry Writing
This is a set of three lesson plans to make poetry exciting for your students as they listen to, write and recite poems that are sure to please. The purpose of EDSITEment is to offer a gateway for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: EDSITEment
Acrostic poems: All about me and my favorite things
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to acrostic poetry. They create poems using their names as a starting point for writing about themselves. Students can use the printing press interactive to print up their works. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink