Curriculum Unit
David Ostheimer
Experience, Feel, Write, Repeat Ekphrastic Engagement in the First Grade Classroom
ethod” to the Madness?
Title Author
KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.
Students will use poetic structures to respond to images. When responding to images about our world, how can students respond empathetically.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT
How can we use the structure of poetry to help us respond in writing to images. How can poetry help us to develop empathy.
CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C
Poetry and images and being human
Intersection of Images and Poetry
Structure of Poetry
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C
How can one use poetry and images to help develop empathy?
How can one respond via poetry to artistic images?
How are different poems structured?
VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A
Empathy, Sustainable Development
Ekphrasis
Acrostic, Cinquain, Diamante, Free Verse, Hailu, Shape Poem, Tanka
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES
Munsterberg, Marjorie. "Writing About Art." Visual Description - Writing About Art
Perry, Aaren Yeatts. Poetry across the Curriculum: An Action Guide for Elementary Teachers.
"SDGs .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform." United Nations