Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends

By Shel Silverstein

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Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends. HarperCollins Publishers, 1974.

Lexile Level NP

Selling Tool Invitation

Lesson Activity Question

Where can poetry take you?

Learning Standards

IFC Grade 5 Standard 2 – Draws and shares conclusions about the theme or focus of a work.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Learning Goals

Students will create a Shel Silverstein poem with artwork.  

Learning Objective

Students will be more comfortable using poetry as an artistic expression of writing by creating their own poem with artwork.

Students will be able to analyze a main idea of a poem by listening to three different poems.  

Learning Outcomes

Students will write their own poem to a set theme and present it to the class.

Students will create a poem with a poster of artwork to reflect the words.