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Swish! Pow! Whack! Teaching Onomatopoeia Through Sports Poetry

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Swish! Pow! Whack! Teaching Onomatopoeia Through Sports Poetry

Grade Levels

6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

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Related Academic Standards
CC.1.2.6.A CC.1.2.6.A
Determine the central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CC.1.2.6.E CC.1.2.6.E
Analyze the author’s structure through the use of paragraphs, chapters, or sections.
CC.1.2.7.D CC.1.2.7.D
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
CC.1.2.8.G CC.1.2.8.G
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g. print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
CC.1.2.9-10.G CC.1.2.9-10.G
Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
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  • Big Ideas
    Comprehension requires and enhances critical thinking and is constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and text
    Information to gain or expand knowledge can be acquired through a variety of sources.
    Purpose, topic and audience guide types of writing
  • Concepts
    Essential content of text, including literary elements and devices, inform meaning
    Essential content, literary elements and devices inform meaning
    Informational sources have unique purposes.
    Organization of information facilitates meaning.
    Textual features and organization inform meaning
    Various types of writing are distinguished by their characteristics
  • Competencies
    Analyze organizational features of text (e.g. sequence, question/answer, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution) as related to content to clarify and enhance meaning
    Assert new and unique insights based on extended understanding derived from critical examinations of text(s)
    Distinguish between stated facts, reasoned judgments, and opinions across texts
    Evaluate the presentation of essential and non-essential information in texts.
    Identify and analyze the characteristics of various genre (e.g. poetry, drama, fiction) and explain the appropriateness of chosen form for author’s purpose
    Identify and analyze the characteristics of various genre (e.g. poetry, drama, fiction) to determine the appropriateness of chosen form for author’s purpose
    Identify characteristics of primary and secondary source materials.
    Identify the use of bias, stereotype, and propaganda where present
    Organize and present information drawn from research.
    Summarize key information from a variety of mediums
    Summarize relevant information from source material to achieve a research goal.
    Synthesize relevant information from source materials to achieve a research goal.
    Use and cite evidence from texts to make assertions, inferences, generalizations, and to draw conclusions
    Write persuasive pieces, specific to a purpose and audience, which have a clearly stated position or opinion, with convincing and properly cited evidence that anticipates and counters reader concerns and arguments.

Description

Students explore different poems written about sports by reading and listening, looking closely at the use of onomatopoeia in each piece. After a discussion of the poems, students view a segment of a sporting event and generate a list of sounds used in that event. Using their lists as a springboard, students then create their own onomatopoeic sports poems, draw accompanying illustrations, and compile their work in a flip book. Finally, students present their flip books to the class.

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