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UNIT PLAN
KATELYN HESS
POETRY: FROM THE MIND OF
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
ANALYZE THE LEARNER
▸General: 4th grade, 20 students (12 girls, 8 boys), 12
Caucasian, 5 African American, 3 Asian. 3 students identify
with ADHD.
▸Learning Competencies: Students should have a small
background on poetry.
▸Learning Styles: Most students can be placed in all three
learning styles, but the majority lean towards auditory.
OBJECTIVE
Students will analyze the writings of Shel Silverstein and
explain their interpretation of his works through the use of
presentations, audios, drawings, and readings with 90%
accuracy by the end of the week.
DAY BY DAY
‣ Monday - Introduction to Shel Silverstein. Students will research key facts about
his works and identify how he writes, why he writes it, and his sense of humor.
‣ Tuesday - Listen to “Sick” from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Have students discuss
the main character, the traits associated with her and how they relate to her.
‣ Wednesday - Read “Rainglasses” from Falling Up. Have students transform an
ordinary object into their own invention.
‣ Thursday - Read “Lester” and “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The
Garbage Out” from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Students will discuss how the
poems and central message are similar.
‣ Friday - Students will pick a poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends or Falling Up,
become critics, and write their own review of their favorite or least favorite poem.
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
▸Computers
▸Smartboard
▸iPad
WORKS CITED
▸ Shel Silverstein. (2003). Retrieved February 9, 2016, from
http://www.shelsilverstein.com.
▸ Silverstein, S. A. (1974). Where the Sidewalk Ends. HarperCollins
▸ Silverstein, S. A. (1996). Falling Up. HarperCollins.

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Unit plan (power point)

  • 1. UNIT PLAN KATELYN HESS POETRY: FROM THE MIND OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN
  • 2. ANALYZE THE LEARNER ▸General: 4th grade, 20 students (12 girls, 8 boys), 12 Caucasian, 5 African American, 3 Asian. 3 students identify with ADHD. ▸Learning Competencies: Students should have a small background on poetry. ▸Learning Styles: Most students can be placed in all three learning styles, but the majority lean towards auditory.
  • 3. OBJECTIVE Students will analyze the writings of Shel Silverstein and explain their interpretation of his works through the use of presentations, audios, drawings, and readings with 90% accuracy by the end of the week.
  • 4. DAY BY DAY ‣ Monday - Introduction to Shel Silverstein. Students will research key facts about his works and identify how he writes, why he writes it, and his sense of humor. ‣ Tuesday - Listen to “Sick” from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Have students discuss the main character, the traits associated with her and how they relate to her. ‣ Wednesday - Read “Rainglasses” from Falling Up. Have students transform an ordinary object into their own invention. ‣ Thursday - Read “Lester” and “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out” from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Students will discuss how the poems and central message are similar. ‣ Friday - Students will pick a poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends or Falling Up, become critics, and write their own review of their favorite or least favorite poem.
  • 6. WORKS CITED ▸ Shel Silverstein. (2003). Retrieved February 9, 2016, from http://www.shelsilverstein.com. ▸ Silverstein, S. A. (1974). Where the Sidewalk Ends. HarperCollins ▸ Silverstein, S. A. (1996). Falling Up. HarperCollins.