Unit Title:Unit 4: Poetry

Content Area: Language Arts

Grade: 7

Instructional Weeks:5 Weeks

Common Core Standard(s):
RL.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL.7.2Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.7.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
RL.7.5Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning
RL.7.6Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning
RL.7.10By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
SL.7.1Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Learning Targets:

I Can:

  • Define cite
  • Find several pieces of textual evidence for support
  • Make inferences
  • Determine theme
  • Analyze theme development
  • Write or present an unbiased summary
  • Define figurative language
  • Personification
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Hyperbole
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Alliteration
  • Assonance
  • Others
  • Define connotative meaning
  • Explain the impact of figurative language on a particular part of a literary piece
  • Determine the meaning of a word
  • Explain how poetic or dramatic structure affects meaning
  • Define point of view
  • Explain the similarities and differences of characters’ points of view
  • Explain how the author develops the characters’ points of view
  • Comprehend many genres of literature at my grade level
  • Participate in one-on-one discussions
  • Participate in group discussions
  • Participate in teacher-led discussions
  • Prepare for a discussion
  • Follow rules for discussions
  • Ask questions of my group members
  • Respond to questions posed by my group members
  • Summarize the group’s discussion
  • Understand others’ perspectives

Essential Questions
What do good readers do?
Am I clear about what I just read?
How do I know?
Author’s Choice: Why does it matter?
What makes a story a “great” story?
What makes collaboration meaningful?
Making meaning from a variety of sources: What will help? / Key Vocabulary
RL.7.1- textual evidence, analyze, inference, explicit
RL.7.2- theme, central idea, summary, opinion, objective
RL.7.4- figurative language, literal language, denotative meaning, connotative meaning
RL.7.5- form/structure, drama, poem
RL.7.6- point of view, first person, third person, third person limited, third person omniscient
RL.7.10- reading strategy, comprehension
SL. 7.1- collaborate, elaborate, integrate, warranted / Resources

Daily Lesson Log

Date / Target(s) / Target Type
(K, R, S, P) / Activity / Assessment
(i.e. Bell Ringer, Flashback, Questioning, Class Discussion, Think/Pair/Share, Student Presentations, Unit Test, Common Assessment, etc…)
(Day1) or Date