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I’m Hungry for a Poem: Recipe Poetry

Week 13, Workshop 26

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Do now

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5 MIN

Give Step by Step directions on how to make your favorite food.

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We’re Going on a Trip

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10 MIN

You will be planning a trip to a DC SCORES soccer tournament in Hawaii!
You will need to think of all the different things you should bring with them. The trick is that everyone will have to go in order of the alphabet and choose something that starts with the letter the group is on when it is their turn. For example, the first person will start by saying, “We’re going on a trip, and I will bring the Apples!” The game stops when you get through the entire alphabet.

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10 MIN

What do you call the directions for cooking something?

What do you notice about the text below?

Directions:

Remind students that in the Do Now they gave directions for how to cook their favorite food.
Ask:
Does anyone know what you call the directions for cooking something (recipe)? Has anyone ever followed a recipe before, seen a cooking show, or had any other experiences with cooking and recipes?
Distribute or display the Banana Bread Recipe and point out the important parts of a recipe, including ingredients, measurements, verbs related to cooking, organization... writing steps in order, and time words.
Introduce the idea that recipes can be stretched into creative ways to describe people, events, or other non-food items.
What would the ingredients be for a person? Have a short discussion about character traits, skills, and/or features that make a person special. Character traits make great ingredients, but it is OK to use anything that is important to a person such as... athletic ability, curly hair, loves movies, etc…
Read aloud the Literary Moments following the banana bread recipe. Discuss how different people are “made” of different ingredients.
Distribute the Today’s Special Word Bank handout. Quickly review the categories and answer any questions about unfamiliar words.
Tell students the word bank is theirs to use if needed for suggestions on cooking and measurement words.
Introduce a preselected person/character or let the group quickly suggest/vote on one (singer, cartoon character, superhero, storybook character, ...anyone most of the group is familiar with!).
Discuss what would be needed (ingredients) to write a recipe for that character.
As a group, work together to create a recipe for that chosen personality. Write and display the ideas in a recipe format where the group can see it as it is created.

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Recipe Poems

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10 MIN

Review the poems and wordbank and take some time to write your own recipe poem.

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Exit Ticket

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What do you think is the most important ingredient in a leader?

5 MIN