Unit
Poetry--Student Reading--Collection of Poems
Local Objective
At the end of this unit, students will be able to...
a. Understand figures of speech (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole), images, sounds, and forms in poetry.
b. Understand how to read poetry.
c. Understand the literary devices that define a writer's style.
d. Analyze how tone is conveyed in a text through word choice and rhythm.
e. Analyze and explain the characteristics of poetry (lyric poems and sonnets).
f. Analyze stanzas.
g. Analyze couplets.
h. Analyze free verse.
i. Analyze an elegy.
j. Analyze a catalog poem.
Objective used to evaluate students
Yes
Assessment Activity
1. The students will be assessed by participating in classroom discussions, studying and reading their "personal poems", and completing independent activities on the objectives of understanding figures of speech, how to read poetry, understanding literary devices, analyzing things such as tone, characteristics of poetry, stanzas, couplets, free verse, elegy, and catalog poems.
Level of Expectation
75%
List of concepts and Evaluation Types
Concept | Evaluation Type |
Questions | CR |
Read Poem | PE |
Learning Activity
The students will:
1. Choose from a given list of poems. Each student will silently read their poem to understand the tone and rhythm.
2. Look to see if they have any figures of speech in their poems.
3. Read their poems to their classmates and at the end of each poem, discuss different details about the poems.
4. Be active listeners during the reading of the poems.
Instructional Method
The teacher will:
1. Present a number of poems for students to choose from.
2. Guide students in the reading of their poems to help determine tone and rhythms.
3. Guide students in determining whether their poems have figures of speech included in them or not.
4. Control classroom behavior during the reading of poems.
5. Guide classroom discussion of each poem.
Resources
Holt Elements of Literature
Marker Board
Correction Exercise
Tutoring
Special Needs
Tutoring
Modified Poems (shorter in length)
GLEs v2.0 and CLEs
GLE Code | Discipline | Strand | Big Idea | Concept | Grade Level/Course | GLE |
CA/R/1/D/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Fluency | 7th Grade | Read grade-level instructional text with fluency, accuracy and expression |
CA/R/1/D/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Fluency | 7th Grade | Read grade-level instructional text adjusting reading rate to difficulty and type of text |
CA/R/1/F/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Pre-Reading | 7th Grade | Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: preview |
CA/R/1/F/7/d. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | Pre-Reading | 7th Grade | Apply pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension: set a purpose and rate for reading |
CA/R/1/G/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | During Reading | 7th Grade | During reading, utilize strategies to determine meaning of unknown words |
CA/R/1/G/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process | During Reading | 7th Grade | During reading, utilize strategies to self-monitor comprehension |
CA/R/2/A/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times | Text Features | 7th Grade | Use grade level text to recognize and interpret the text features of fiction, poetry and drama |
CA/R/2/B/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times | Literary Techniques | 7th Grade | Identify and explain literary techniques, in text emphasizing imagery |
CA/R/2/B/7/d. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times | Literary Techniques | 7th Grade | Identify and explain literary techniques, in text emphasizing analyze literary techniques previously introduced |
CA/R/3/B/7/b. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times | Literary Techniques | 7th Grade | Identify and explain literary techniques and figurative language in nonfiction text, emphasizing imagery |
CA/R/3/B/7/d. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times | Literary Techniques | 7th Grade | Identify and explain literary techniques and figurative language in nonfiction text, emphasizing sound devices previously introduced |
CA/R/3/D/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times | Understanding Directions | 7th Grade | Read and follow multi-step directions to complete a complex task |
CA/L/1/A/7/a.i | Communication Arts | Listening and Speaking | Develop and apply effective listening skills and strategies | Purpose for Listening | 7th Grade | Listen for enjoyment |
CA/L/1/A/7/a.ii | Communication Arts | Listening and Speaking | Develop and apply effective listening skills and strategies | Purpose for Listening | 7th Grade | Listen for information |
CA/L/1/A/7/a.iii | Communication Arts | Listening and Speaking | Develop and apply effective listening skills and strategies | Purpose for Listening | 7th Grade | Listen for directions |
CA/L/1/B/7/a.i | Communication Arts | Listening and Speaking | Develop and apply effective listening skills and strategies | Listening Behavior | 7th Grade | Use active-listening behaviors (e.g., asks questions of speaker and uses body language and facial expressions to indicate agreement, disagreement, or confusion) |
CA/L/2/A/7/a.i | Communication Arts | Listening and Speaking | Develop and apply effective speaking skills and strategies for various audiences and purposes | Discussion and Presentation | 7th Grade | Use designated time constraints in discussions and presentations |
CA/R/3/B/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate nonfiction (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals) from a variety of cultures and times | Literary Techniques | 7th Grade | Identify and explain literary techniques and figurative language in nonfiction text, emphasizing hyperbole |
CA/R/2/B/7/a. | Communication Arts | Reading | Develop and apply skills and strategies to comprehend, analyze and evaluate fiction, poetry and drama from a variety of cultures and times | Literary Techniques | 7th Grade | Identify and explain literary techniques, in text emphasizing hyperbole |
Objective Notes/Essential Questions
Date | Note/Question |
11/9/2009 3:47:30 PM | Poem Selections:
I'm Nobody-549
I like to See it Lap the Miles-552
I am of the Earth-556
Early Song-556
Madam and the Rent Man-560
Harlem Night Song-564
Winter Moon-564
I ask my mother to sing-569
Ade to Family Photographs-573
The Runaway-587
The Pasture-590
A minor bird-590
Names of Horses-594
Maggie, milly, molly, and may-599
All in Green Went My love Riding-602
Arithmetic-607
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