1. Whether the Weather by Anonymous
Included: A poem and rigorous question set activities promoting higher level-thinking development

2. Poem Jacob’s Ladder Goals & Objectives Habits of Mind
Tier 1
Poem
Jacob’s Ladder Goals & Objectives
Habits of Mind

3. Whether the weather be fine Or whether the weather be not
Whether the weather be cold
Or the weather be hot,
We’ll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.

4. Students will be able: Ladder D
D1: Paraphrasing—To restate lines read using their own words.
D2: Summarizing—To provide a synopsis of text sections.
D3: Creative Synthesis—To create something new using what they have learned from the reading and their synopsis.
Ladder F
F1: Understanding Words – to identify and explain the meaning of figurative language or new vocabulary within the context of a story or poem.
F2: Thinking About Words – to analyze the use of words within the context as related to the theme of a text.
F3: Playing With Words – to accurately apply figurative language and new vocabulary to newly created contexts.

5. Working Interdependently Thinking about Thinking (metacognition)
Habits of Mind
Working Interdependently
Thinking about Thinking (metacognition)
Innovating, Creating, Imagining
Refer to Jacob’s Ladder Story Table for Ladder D & F Thinking Questions.

6. (Discussion) High Level Strategies with Ladder D & F Questions
Tier 2 Rigor
(Discussion)
High Level Strategies with
Ladder D & F Questions

7. Discussion Strategies: Think-Pair-Share, Write-around, Sequencing pictures, Role Play, Journaling, Picture Dictionary.
Choose 3 of 4 questions below to complete.
D1: Explain the following phrase “We’ll weather the weather.” How are the two words different even though they are spelled the same?
D2: What do you see as the theme of the poem? Can you support your answer with a poem example?
F1: What is the difference between the words whether and weather? Define both of them and provide an example of each.
F2: Make a list of at least 5 additional word pairs that sound the same but are spelled differently. Here’s and example: see, sea

8. Reflections/Relevance
Tier 3
Reflections/Relevance

9. Choose one of the ideas to complete. Be creative.
1. Use the words weather, weather, whether (or another word set of your choice) to write a tongue twister that makes sense for your friends. Be creative and use one of the optional project strategies to portray your work. (D3)
2. If you completed rung F2 then select one of the word pairs to compose a poem using the words in as many ways possible. If you did not complete F2 then choose your one word pairs, like see/sea to compose the poem. Illustrate it. Be creative. (F3)
Optional project strategies:  Commercial Role Play; Create a Puppet Show; Charts, Posters, Flyers, Brochures; Picture Dictionary.