Playing with Prepositions through Poetry

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Behind the Mask by Ruth Heller
  
• Writers Notebook

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   3 – 10  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose

Multigenre Mapper

This interactive invites students to create original multigenre, multimodal works--one drawing and three written texts--making the tool flexible for multiple writing activities.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• Prepositions handout
  
• Prepositional Poem Checklist

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WEBSITES

• Word Mover
• Preposition Poems
• Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects
• Prepositions of Direction: To, On (to), In (to)

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PREPARATION

• Read Behind the Mask (Grosset & Dunlap, 1995) before meeting with students so that you are prepared to read the book aloud and discuss the text with the class.
  
  
• Brainstorm a list of possible prompting questions to invigorate the discussion if necessary.
  
  
• Make copies of the Prepositions Handout and the Prepositional Poem Checklist.
  
  
• If possible, make arrangements for students to meet in a computer lab or classroom for Sessions Two and Three. Prepare the computers by making bookmarks to the two student interactives used in the lesson: Word Mover and Multigenre Mapper.
  
  
• Test the Word Mover and the Multigenre Mapper on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.
  
  
• The OWL at Purdue Web provides additional information about Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects, as well as Prepositions of Direction.

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