Imagery: Coloring with Words
Terminal Objective: The students will demonstrate their understanding of imagery by writing
an eight-lined poem that includes three examples of imagery.
Standard: Grade 7- Writing: Strand 3, Concept 1: PO 2a
Language Objective: ELL IV Writing Applications- 1. The students will be able to
write (a narrative) that includes… sensory detail.
Time
Sub-Objectives
1. 5 min.
1. Paraphrase the
definition of imagery.
(Bloom:
comprehension)
2. 7 min.
2. Define the two
types of imagery:
literal and figurative.
(Bloom: knowledge)
3. 15 min. 3. Explain the
purpose of the
imagery in a variety
of texts. (Bloom:
comprehension)
4. 10 min. 4. Free write about
objects and
experiences using
imagery. (Bloom:
synthesis)
Teaching Strategies
Active Student
Participation
1. Bellwork: Read and
1. a. Each student reads the
paraphrase the definition
definition of imagery and
of imagery.
paraphrases it.
b. Call on non-volunteers
to share. (check for
understanding)
2. Lecture: Explain literal 2. a. Each student takes
and figurative imagery
guided notes.
using an excerpt from
b. Each student describes
George G. Toudouze’s
literal and figurative imagery
“Three Skeleton Key” as
in their notes as if writing to
an example.
an absent peer. (check for
understanding)
3. a. Guided Practice:
3. a. Students listen to the
Explain purpose of
teacher’s explanation of
imagery in Toudouze
Toudouze’s use of imagery.
excerpt.
b. Students read aloud
b. Guided
“Winter Moon” and
Practice/Read Aloud:
“Blackberry Eating,” and
“Winter Moon” by
take notes about the imagery
Langston Hughes and
and its purpose in their
“Blackberry Eating” by
guided notes. (check for
Galway Kinnell.
understanding)
c. W-P-S/Song: “Lucy
c. Students listen to
in the Sky with Diamonds” “Lucy in the Sky with
by The Beatles.
Diamonds” and complete a
Write-Pair-Share activity to
identify the song’s imagery
and its purpose. (check for
understanding)
4. Guided Practice: Lead 4. Each student selects a
students through crayon
crayon and free writes about
free writing activity, and
the images, experiences, and
show them an example.
senses they relate to the
color. (check for
understanding)
5. 15 min. 5. Write an eightlined poem that
includes three
examples of imagery.
(Bloom: synthesis)
5. Poem Assignment: Use
multiple images from the
crayon free writing activity
to write an eight-lined
poem that includes three
examples of imagery.
5. Each student writes an
eight-lined poem that
includes three examples of
imagery. (check for
understanding and formal
assessment)
Homework: Students who do not finish their poems in class will be expected to finish them for
homework.
Materials Needed:
Bellwork overhead
Guided notes for imagery
Overhead of “Three Skeleton Key” excerpt
Textbooks: “Winter Moon,” p. 564
Handout of “Blackberry Eating”
Handout of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Recording of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Overhead of example crayon free writing activity