Creating Thematic Posters

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Objective

Students will be able to produce a poster or multimedia presentation that analyzes an authors' main ideas and use of language.

Big Idea

The relevance of poetry is found by finding poetic devices and figurative language in the music students listen to everyday.

Lesson Author

Taylor Tasha DeVries

Flagstaff, AZ

Grade Level

Seventh grade

Subjects

English / Language Arts

poetry (Analysis)

Poetry

Standards

RL.7.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

W.7.7

Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.

W.7.9a

Apply grade 7 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history").

Daily Grammar

10 minutes

Creating Thematic Posters

30 minutes

My Strategy for Grading

Today students worked on their posters to pull everything for this project together. I pulled out my giant tub of old, donated magazines. I gave students sheets of construction paper. I pulled out the tray of glue sticks, bottles of glue, and scissors. I sent a few students to the library to print out new copies of their lyrics. I gave them copies of the legend that I created.

My role in today's lesson? Today was one of those nice days when I've done the teaching, and it's the students' turn to demonstrate what they've learned. It's like the test day without the test or without proctoring a test and making sure everyone's quiet. I made sure the students clean up their mess, don't stab each other with scissors, provide direction and suggestions for students.

It's a loud day, a crazy day, but a day that's totally worth it because students show what they've learned in an authentic manner.

This collage shows four students' posters who did an excellent job of conveying the theme of their songs.