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c…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… c 46 Writing an Ode Activate Prior Knowledge ………………………………………… Invite children to list some positive feelings, such as feeling happy, loving, excited, proud, and grateful. Explain that when people like someone or something very much, they usually feel this way for a reason. Perhaps they love a dog because it is warm, loving, and playful. They might like ice cream because it tastes sweet and feels cool and smooth. Share the Poem ………………………… 1. Tell children that today’s poem is called an ode, a poem in which the writer shares feelings about someone or something that he or she really likes or loves. 2. Show children only the title of the poem. Read the title aloud, and ask them to tell some wonderful things they enjoy about pizza. Ode to Pizza Your melted cheese, so smooth and thick, makes golden threads that glisten and stick. Your pepperoni in chunk after chunk adds circles of spice with extra spunk. Your crust that crunches crisp and loud is puffy inside like a cumulus cloud. Oh, luscious pizza, I don’t think twice. I always gobble slice after slice! 3. Distribute copies of the poem (page 45), write it on chart paper, or copy it onto an overhead transparency. 4. Read the poem aloud once and then a second time with children. Ask: “How does this poet feel about pizza? What parts of the poem tell you that?” 5. Point out that in this poem the writer describes parts of the pizza by comparing it to other things, saying, for example, that the melted cheese makes “golden threads,” and the crust is as “puffy” as a “cloud.” By comparing the pizza in this way, the poet gives the reader a vivid picture of what he or she has in mind. The poet is able to describe it well in just a few words. 6. Point out that in keeping with the form of an ode, the writer is speaking to the pizza, just as he or she might tell her feelings to a person. ODE 45 Graphic Organizers for Teaching Poetry Writing © Betsy Franco, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources
c…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… c Scaffold Using the Graphic Organizer ……………………………………………………………… 1. Explain to children that they will be writing their own odes. First, you will write one together. 2. Photocopy and distribute the graphic organizer (page 48). If possible, copy the organizer onto an overhead transparency or enlarge it so that you can model how to use it. 3. As a class, choose a food to write your ode about. Try to choose a food that many students like, such as macaroni and cheese, chocolate chip cookies, or bubble gum ice cream. Write its name at the top of the organizer. 4. Ask children to close their eyes and picture the food in their minds. Encourage them to remember what the food looks, smells, and tastes like, and why they like it so much. 5. Have children open their eyes and talk aloud to the food, as if it were there in the room with them. Use the organizer to write down what they say. Encourage them to describe their food by comparing it to whatever it reminds them of. 6. Help children number the ideas in the order they want to write about them. As a class, write the ode in that order on a sheet of chart paper. 7. On the same day or during another session, revisit your ode and remind children of the steps they took to write it. Then give them a fresh copy of the organizer. Following the same techniques used above, help children use the organizer to plan their own odes. When you feel children are ready, have them write their poems on a separate sheet of paper. Then have them illustrate their odes and attach the poems to the pictures. Name __________________________________________ Date ________________________________ Graphic Organizers for Teaching Poetry Writing © 2008 by Betsy Franco, Scholastic Teaching Resources page 48 Plan Your Ode 1. Choose a food that will be fun to write about: ___________________________________________. 2. Write about your food below. Use lots of detail! My food looks _________________________ _______________________________________. My food feels ________________________________ ____________________________ in my mouth. My food smells _________________________ ________________________________________. My food reminds me of _______________ _______________________________________. I really like this food because it _________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________. 3. Number your ideas in the order you want to write about them. TIP TIP POETRY POETRY Odes are highly effective when the poet relies on simile and metaphor to paint a vivid picture with words. Simile occurs when the writer uses “like” or “as” to compare two items, as in The sun glowed like a ball of fire. Metaphor involves the writer actually saying that the subject is another item, as in The cloud is a pillow under my head. 47 Graphic Organizers for Teaching Poetry Writing © Betsy Franco, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources
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