Poetry Daily Lesson Plans
Day 1 – Alliteration
1. Do Now – Animal/ People alliteration worksheet
2. Read Dr. Seuss “Oh Say can you Say”
3. Read page 178 in text: Rhyme- Chiming sounds
4. Read page 360 – 361 in Write Source Book
5. Complete Alliteration tongue twister worksheet
HW – complete
Day 2 – Alliteration
1. Do Now – Alliteration Headlines worksheet
2. Have students read and go over their work
3. Take out tongue twister worksheet; share then collect
HW – Alliteration/ Adjective worksheet
Day 3 & 4 – Alliteration
1. Do Now – Alliteration worksheet
2. Collect homework
3. Alliteration menu project
Day 5 – Onomatopoeia
1. Ask what onomatopoeia is. Hand out definition and explain. Have students
give examples
2. Read “Ankylosaurus”; ask students which words were onomatopoetic
3. Read story “This is the Teacher”; have students raise their hands when they
hear words in the story that are onomatopoetic
4. Have students identify sources of sounds that are in everyday life. On piece
of loose leaf have the students list 5 examples along with a setting and time
from their day that the sounds are heard. Show examples/
HW – Onomatopoeia
Day 6 – Onomatopoeia
1. Do Now – Sensory word worksheet; go over
2. Go over homework worksheet
3. Complete onomatopoeia worksheet then fo over
HW – Onomatopoetic poem; 8 – 10 sentences at least; graded
Day 7 & 8 – Onomatopoeia
1. Do now – Sensory worksheet; go over
2. Create comic strip – show examples; talk about different ideas
3. Work on Onomatopoeia advertisement project
Day 9 – Simile
1. Do Now – Context Clues pgs 30 – 32
2. Read pgs. 183 – 184 in textbook
a. Define simile, metaphor, and personification
3. Read aloud attached worksheet of literary elements. Have students guess
what they are
4. Complete “Using Simile” worksheet; go over when done
5. Complete “Figurative Language/ Simile” worksheet; let students have time to
complete and then go over
HW – Picturesquely Speaking worksheet
Day 10 – Metaphor
1. Do Now – Metaphor/ Using Metaphor worksheet; go over
2. Correct homework
3. Complete Metaphors/ Mixed up Metaphors worksheet; give 10 minutes then
go over
HW – Figurative language: Metaphors worksheet
Day 11 – Personification
1. Read to class – “Snoopy’s 2 Minute Stories”; point out personification
2. Collect homework
3. Hand out verb sheet and 1 index card per person. Have students use the
word they received on the index card and the verbs on the worksheet to
create their own personification sentence.
4. Pass index card to the right and make another sentence. Continue as time
allows.
HW – Figurative Language: Personification
Day 12 – Idioms
1. Do Now – “Can You Make Heads or Tails of It”; go over
2. Read Amelia Bedelia story. Point out idioms.
3. Together read “Idiomatic Expressions”
4. Complete idiom worksheet (front and back); go over
HW – “Lay it on the Line”
Day 13 – Hyperbole
1. Do Now - Homonyms pg 22; go over
2. Read “Teacher Hyperbole” worksheet with students
3. Have students complete 1 – 10 and 1 – 14 on back; go over when done
HW – Hyperbole drawing worksheet
Day 14 –
1. Do Now – Homonyms worksheet pags 20 – 21; go over
2. Complete Figurative Language worksheet; go over
3. With partner, complete poetry worksheet using the textbook; go over
HW – “Fishing for Figurative Language” worksheet; need crayons; give study
sheet
Day 15 – Unit Test