Assessment Blog Post 2

I am teaching my students how to write a Cinquain Poem. I would use the Social Cognitive Learning Theory to teach this concept. I would use modeling to show how to write a poem like this. I would go through each step, and display the paper and pen on the Elmo, on the projection screen. By modeling how to write this poem, and showing it, students will more easily be able to understand how to write a poem like this, and do it in the correct format. When teaching this concept, I would make sure to take each line of the poem step-by-step, and make sure that each line is understood. I would also if helpful, act out each line or display it in some sense so the students can absorb, and be able to model each line of the poem when they create it. Understanding the different types of words used in the poem is essential to understanding how to write this type of poem (nouns, verbs, etc). I would formally asses this concept by at the end of the unit of poetry have each student make an example of a poem. This would show that the student learned the material and made example of it. I would want this planned so that the student has time to put in, and show that they can produce the poem like I had shown and taught.