A fun writing lesson for grade 3-6 to introduce students to practise their rhyming skills using rhyming couplets. Davina Bell and Allison Colpoy’s wonderful book, “All The Ways To Be Smart” is used as a mentor text here to inspire student writing. Here we have an example of a class brainstorm and the start of a rhyming poem all about reading.

2 Lessons

Grade: 3-6

All The Ways To Be Smart

This mini-unit will explicitly step students through the skill of using rhyming couplets to write poetry. This unit uses the text ‘All The Ways To Be Smart’ by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ to inspire students’ writing. While these lessons have been designed to be taught together, they can also be taught as stand alone lessons as part of a poetry unit.

A fun writing lesson for grade 3-6 to introduce students to practise their rhyming skills using rhyming couplets. Davina Bell and Allison Colpoy’s wonderful book, “All The Ways To Be Smart” is used as a mentor text here to inspire student writing. Here we have an example of a class brainstorm and the start of a rhyming poem all about reading.

2 Lessons

Grade: 3-6

All The Ways To Be Smart

This mini-unit will explicitly step students through the skill of using rhyming couplets to write poetry. This unit uses the text ‘All The Ways To Be Smart’ by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ to inspire students’ writing. While these lessons have been designed to be taught together, they can also be taught as stand alone lessons as part of a poetry unit.

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Essential Question/s

How can I use rhyming couplets to enhance my poetry writing skills?

General Capabilities

Literacy
Critical and Creative thinking
Personal and Social Capability

Lessons

2 Lessons

Lesson 1

A fun writing lesson for grade 3-6 to introduce students to practise their rhyming skills using rhyming couplets. Davina Bell and Allison Colpoy’s wonderful book, “All The Ways To Be Smart” is used as a mentor text here to inspire student writing. Here we have an example of a class brainstorm and the start of a rhyming poem all about reading.

Lesson
Writing

All The Ways To Be Smart - Writing Poetry Using Rhyming Couplets

Grades: 3-6

Using rhyming couplets to write poetry.

Lesson 2

A fun writing lesson for grade 3-6 to introduce students to rhyming couplets, using Davina Bell and Allison Colpoy’s wonderful book, “All The Ways To Be Smart”. Students will write their own rhyming poem about all the ways that THEY are smart.

Lesson
Writing

All The Ways To be Smart - Introduction to Rhyming Couplets

Grades: 3-6

Using rhyming couplets to write poetry.

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