Title of Unit: The Literature of WarName: R. Plants-Prouty

Unit / Theme: Meaningful poetry/ Effects of WarLength of Unit: 5-6 class periods

FRAMEWORK
CONNECTIONS / STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES / ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES & ACTIVITIES / INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES / COURSE CONTENT
Habits of Mind, Essential Vocabulary, etc. / RESOURCES AND
MATERIALS
Standard 1: Discussion
Standard 2: Questioning, Listening, and Contributing
Standard 3: Oral Presentation
Standard 4: Vocabulary and Concept Development
Standard 8: Understanding a Text
Standard 9: Making Connections
Standard 11: Theme
Standard 14: Poetry
Standard 15: Style and Language / 1. Students will read poetry with purpose, understanding and critical awareness in order to discuss the complex attitudes, themes, and issues underlying in the text.
2. Students will respond to texts both personally and in detached and critical ways, recognizing that there can be more than one valid point of view.
3. Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of: poetic terms, the significance of themes, genre, style language, drama, motifs, and symbols in the text.
4. Students will compare and contrast the linguistic features and structures of different texts dealing with the same theme or issues
6. Students will identify and control the linguistic structures and features of written texts designed to present different perspectives on complex themes and issues.
7. Students will use a range of strategies to plan, compose, revise, and edit texts that discuss different perspectives on complex themes/issues. / Small and large group discussions
journal responses
brainstorming
compare/ contrast,
classifying themes
answering questions that pertain to poetic elements
formulating personal views of war and expressing it through poetry and images
oral presentations /

Student and teacher think alouds

Frequent review of poetic terms and vocabulary related to unit

Extend student’s thinking though structured collaboration

Develop student’s capacity by modeling

Multiple means of delivering instruction (books, internet, media, video, etc…)

Student exemplar examples

Reciprocal Teaching

/ Students pursue an examination of the effects of war on those involved in the fighting and those they leave behind, moving chronologically through time with subsequent lesson plans. The unit concludes by looking at the world’s most recent acts of war, the effects and ramifications of the events on and following 9/11, through the reading of poems written since that date. As a culminating activity, students are asked to discover and orally present a poem on their own that they illustrate with relevantimages found on the web. / Computer / Internet access
Classroom Smart Board,
Poetry unit divided into 5 sections;
1. Introduction/ Starting point
2. The Soldier
3. At Home
4. Contemporary Issues
5. Poetry Final
Copies of poems and all related assignments for students.

*All accommodations listed in IEPs and 504s will be addressed appropriately.