Expression Of Ideas For Grade III

1. Expression Of IdeasFor Grade III By Tahseen Akhtar (D.A Public School O&A Levels, Phase VIII)

2. Expression of Ideas Through Poems Writing a Travel Poem

3. Learning Objectives • Analyzing: • To read, enjoy and understand the poem, noting the common theme and the different ways of exploring it. • Discuss how the author uses language creativity and effectively in poems. • Evaluating: • To explore in contrast the structure and language features of the poems. • To examine the layouts and punctuations conventions of the poems. • Creativity: • To write, plan and draft a poem on a given theme.

4. Analyze, Transform and Create A Travel Poem

5. Collaborate Information To Write A Travel Poem • Reading Travel Poems. • Use of rhyming words. • Homophones. • Irregular verbs. • Alliterations. • Similes. • Synonyms. • Proper nouns. • Collective nouns. • Comparative adjectives and adverbs.

6. Reading Travel Poems

7. Rhyming Words • The ends of words which rhyme sound the same when we say them. • There are many words in the poem that rhyme.

8. Homophones • Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. • Homophones make the poem more meaningful.

9. Irregular Verbs • Some verbs have there own rules they are called irregular verbs. • Irregular verbs are often used in poems.

10. Alliteration • Poets often use alliterations as a way of emphasizing words. • Words beginning with the same consonant are called alliterations.

11. Similes Poets often compare some thing to some thing else to make a vivid picture for the reader . This way of comparing one thing with another is called a simile.

12. Synonyms • Words which have similar meanings are called synonyms. • Poet often use synonyms in writing poems.

13. Proper Nouns and Collective Nouns • Proper nouns in the poems are written in capital letters. • Collective nouns are used to name group of individual things when they are gathered together.

14. Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs • Comparative are used in poems to make it more interesting. • Some words can be used to compare things. • We make most comparative adjectives and adverbs by adding -er. Some times we put more in front of the word when making a comparison.

15. Critical Thinking, Creativity & Intellectual Curiosity

16. Critical Thinking, Creativity And Intellectual Curiosity In Writing A Travel Poem • Communication skills • Read and comprehend the given travel poems.

17. Critical Thinking, Creativity And Intellectual Curiosity In Writing A Travel Poem • Critical thinking skills: • Brainstorm all the different ways of traveling and different means of transport.

18. Critical Thinking, Creativity And Intellectual Curiosity In Writing A Travel Poem Planning: • Problem identification and solution • Decide which of the ideas will be used from the brainstorming in the poems.

19. Critical Thinking, Creativity And Intellectual Curiosity In Writing A Travel Poem Draft: • Collaborate information and skills. • Work on the language of each sentence and play around with lots of different ideas.

20. Critical Thinking, Creativity And Intellectual Curiosity In Writing A Travel Poem Reviewing and sharing ideas: • Write the first draft.

21. Critical Thinking, Creativity And Intellectual Curiosity In Writing A Travel Poem Publish: • Creativity: • Creating and publishing the poem.

22. Sample of a Travel Poem A run away train In the rain, rain, rain Jumping over the hills Following the plains. Into the valleys, Goes to Spain.

23. Sample of a Travel Poem Fly high, high, high, In the air out of the sky. Following the stars, Neptune, Venus and Mars. Fly high, high, high, In the air out of the sky.

24. References • OLW Launch into Literacy book 2 by Jane Medwell and Maureen Lewis. • Teachers Guide OLW Launch into Literacy book 2 by Jane Medwell and Maureen Lewis. • Intel teach program getting started course manual. • Internet. • Word processing and multimedia.

25. Thank You!