Lesson Overview: 

In this lesson, students explore the poetic form of an ode by first creating their own definition based on examples and then watching a short informative YouTube video about the definition of an ode to clarify its uses. This is followed by an analysis of a sample poem for the charactistics of an ode as well as the use of  figurative/sensory language on the communication of love. As a method of assessment, the students will create their own ode and self-assess their poems by highlighting the criteria. The lessson concludes with the students watching and discussing a performance of an ode by a teenage writer. Students will then practice and recite their ode using the FlipGrid platform, ultimately posting it on the class's FlipGrid and commenting on fellow peers' work.