{"id":70841,"date":"2020-04-16T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=70841"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:55:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:55:44","slug":"responding-to-poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/connecting-reading-and-writing\/poetry\/responding-to-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_70842\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70842\" class=\"wp-image-70842\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/A-kid-drawing-or-writing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/A-kid-drawing-or-writing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/A-kid-drawing-or-writing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/A-kid-drawing-or-writing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/A-kid-drawing-or-writing-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/A-kid-drawing-or-writing-945x630.jpg 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/A-kid-drawing-or-writing-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:A-kid-drawing-or-writing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolf Hecker<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Connecting Reading and Writing: Poetry<\/h5>\n<h2>Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Read and respond to poetry<\/li>\n<li>Write a brief reading response<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Authors write poems to entertain us, to inform us, and also to share important moments or ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Lee is a Canadian poet. In the poems below, he shares important feelings he has through poetry.<\/p>\n<p>Read and listen to both poems.<br \/>\nAs you read the poems, think about the meaning of the poem. What is the message of each poem?<br \/>\n(Note: the links for each poem will take you a page where you can listen to the author read the poem. Scroll down the page to practice reading the poem yourself.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/childrens.poetryarchive.org\/poem\/if-lonesome-was-a-pot-of-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If Lonesome was a Pot of Gold<\/a> by Dennis Lee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/childrens.poetryarchive.org\/poem\/the-secret-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Secret Place<\/a> by Dennis Lee<\/p>\n<p>Choose one of the poems to write about using the prompts below.<\/p>\n<p>In your own words, explain what you think the poem is about.<br \/>\nIf it helps, choose a sentence starter to begin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I think the author is telling us \u2026 because \u2026<\/li>\n<li>This poem is about \u2026 I think this because \u2026<\/li>\n<li>I think the author wants us to know &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share a connection you made to the poem or think of a question you might ask the author.<br \/>\nIf it helps, choose a sentence starter to begin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This poem reminds me of a time when \u2026<\/li>\n<li>This poem reminds me of (another book\/poem) \u2026 because<\/li>\n<li>This poem made me feel \u2026 because &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I would like to ask the author \u2026<\/li>\n<li>I wonder why &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Talk to a family member about the poem to help you organize your thinking.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Opportunities:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore other poems at <a href=\"https:\/\/childrens.poetryarchive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Children\u2019s Poetry Archive<\/a>. Find one or two you like. Practice reading them out loud. Share them with a family member.<\/li>\n<li>Keep on reading <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/exploring-the-library-learning-commons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">books you choose every day<\/a>! When you find a good book, share a recommendation with the form <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/cAN5SJUC8eJrkit88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Book Recommendations.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors write poems to entertain us, to inform us, and also to share important moments or ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72673,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70841","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70841\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}