Lesson Plan: Colon Minilesson

Subject/Grade: Grammar, 6th Grade (can be adapted for other grade levels)

Objectives:

• Students will be able to determine when it is appropriate to use a colon.

• Students will be able to write three sentences properly using colons for each way that a colon is used.

Standards:

• CC.1.4.6.F: Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling.

• E07.D.1.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

• E07.D.1.2.4: Use punctuation to separate items in a series. 

Lesson Plan: Color Poem

The following lesson is on writing color poems.  The lesson is in the format of a gradual release of responsibility, where the students slowly gain independence.  The lesson includes reflection on planning and instruction.  Also embedded below is an optional template for writing color poems.

Title: Color Poems
Grade/Subject: 4th Grade Language Arts

Standards:

• 1.4.4.A:  Write poems, multi-paragraph stories and plays.

Objectives:

• Students will be able to write their own color poems incorporating their senses by using a color poem template.

Anticipatory Set:

• Read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Suess aloud.
• Ask students: “What do the different colors represent?  What do the colors show?”
• Feelings and emotions
• State: “We are going to write color poems that will show what colors represent, what they remind us of, and how they make us feel.”