5th Grade, Unit 3, Lesson 9

Grade 5 | Unit 3: Poetry

Lesson 9:
“One Art”

Our Learning
Goals

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

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Start of Lesson

Reading

Writing

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What are our learning goals?

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

I can identify and define characteristics of the villanelle
poetry form.

I can use text evidence to make inferences about the
poem's meaning.

What are our learning goals?

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

I can compose my own villanelle using my personal
motto/slogan.

Vocabulary

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

evident

fluster

vast

villanelle

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

Open Ended

What is one important fact you jotted down about Elizabeth Bishop?

Reading
About It

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

Poet’s Journal

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Start of Lesson

Reading

Writing

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“One Art”

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

by Elizabeth Bishop

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

Open Ended

What rhyming words did you notice in the poem?

Your job:

Reread the poem and mark the rhyme scheme.

Check for
Understanding

Unit 3, Lesson 9: “One Art”

Multiple Choice

Do you agree or disagree with this sentence:

A Villanelle poem does not follow a particular pattern of repetition.

• agree

• disagree

Multiple Choice

Do you agree or disagree with this sentence:

Each stanza of a villanelle poem repeats at least one line from elsewhere in the poem?

• agree

• disagree

Lost Items

Activity p. 9.2

Multiple Choice

In the second stanza, the speaker mentions losing both keys and time. What kind of mood or situation does this loss cause?

• Mood of order

• Angry mood

• Happy mood

• Chaotic and flustered mood

Open Ended

The speaker also discusses losing "places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel." How do people "lose" names or ideas?

Open Ended

The arrangement of items in each stanza seems to follow a pattern. For example, the watch appears before the house, and the cities appear before the continent. What pattern seems to exist here?

Open Ended

Based on the pattern you see elsewhere in the poem, why do you think the speaker listed 'losing you' last in the poem?