Lesson 5 – Who Am I Ethnically?
Goal/Objectives – Students will be able to understand and create a third eye poem about their ethnicity. A Third Eye poem tells about things that might go unnoticed and are improbable or impossible to see with regular eyesight. The Third Eye knows what is really happening.
Time – 2 class periods
Materials Needed – The movie “Remember the Titans”, Paper, Pen/Pencil
Process –
- The class will see a film clip of the movie “Remember the Titans” (Denzel Washington is standing in the cemetery where Abraham Lincoln gave the famous Gettysburg address. He talks about history, color, and how far we have come in life.)
- I will explain what a third eye poem is. (A Third Eye poem tells about things that might go unnoticed and are improbable or impossible to see with regular eyesight. The Third Eye knows what is really happening.) I will present examples of third eye poems.
- The class will create their own third eye poem about who they are ethnically.
- After each student has his/her third eye poem created, the class will get into groups of 5 and share poems within the group. Together, they will read, edit, and revise one another’s poems.
- After the groups have finished revising, each student can rewrite his/her poem. At this point, every student should have been given the chance to P.O.W.E.R. his/her poem.
- When the final poems are completed, students may volunteer to read them in front of the entire class.
Assessment – The students will be assessed by how well they P.A.C.E. themselves. P.A.C.E. stands for Product, Analytical Process, Contribution, and Engagement. A 4 point rubric works well for this purpose, covering each characteristic of P.A.C.E.
Enrichment – Poetry is an area where students may take it upon themselves to excel by their own standards. Because this is creative writing, any child can freely write whatever they would like. To expand student’s horizons, I would allow for students to explore other forms of poetry other than what I introduce in class, if they are willing to share what they have discovered with the other students. By having an advanced student tell the class what he/she has discovered, everyone can benefit from one’s enrichment assignment.