Unit Theme:Exploring Poetry Date: Period: 6 Weeks Teacher

Unit Plan

Unit Theme:Exploring Poetry Date: Period: 6 weeks Teacher:

Subject: English

Reform Strategy (PCEA):

Grade:12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Transversal Theme: Cultural Identity  Civic and Ethic Education Education for PeaceEnvironmental EducationTechnology and Education Education for Work

Integration:Spanish English  Social Studies Science  Math Fine Arts  Physical Education Health Sciences Technology

Transfer Objective (T) and Acquisition (A)
T1. The student will leave the class able to apply his/her knowledge of reading skills to skillfully interpret poetry.
T2. The student will leave the class able to apply his/her knowledge to utilize necessary language and structures to write his/her own poetry.
T3. The student will leave the class able to apply his/her knowledge to employ strategies for determining unknown words and to use a variety of methods in order to interpret and use language in an exact and descriptive manner, particularly with non-literal language often found in poetry.
A1. Analyze the text structure and content of poems to enhance comprehension.
A2. Use a variety of sentence types and basic organization patterns and to write different styles of poetry.
A3. Apply vocabulary strategies to determine the meaning of descriptive language in poetry (i.e., figurative language, homophones and/or homonyms).
Essential Questions
EQ1. How do challenges lead to new learning?
EQ2. How do poets reflect their experiences in poetry?
EQ3. What challenges do poems present to readers?
EQ4. What makes a poem a great piece of work?

PERFORMANCE TASKACTIVITIES

Days / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5
Standards and expectations
6.R.2L / 6.S.6b / 6.L.1b
Building Background Knowledge Poetry
Activity: KWL chart / Standards and expectations
6.S.6b / 6.R.5L / 6.R.4L
Elements of Poetry
Activity: Oral discussion / Standards and expectations
6.S.6b / 6.L.1b / 6.R.5L
Types of Poems
Activity: Oral discussion
/ Standards and expectations
6.S.6b / 6.L.1b /6.R.5L
Types of Poems
Activity: 6.5 attachment Types of poetry log / Standards and expectations
6.W.8 / 6.S.3
Activity: Writing poetry with sentence prompt.

1
week
Standards and expectations
6.R.2L / 6.L1b
Making predictions
Activity: Read Aloud 6.5 Robert Frost. / Standards and expectations
6.R.2L / 6.W.7
Facing Challenges
Activity: 6.5 Speak & Harriet Tubman / Standards and expectations
6.W.7/6.R.2L
Personal experiences
Activity: Journal Writing / Standards and expectations
Performance Task
6.R.2L/6.S.3
Analyzing Poets and their Poetry / Standards and expectations
Performance Task (cont.)
6.W.7
Reflexive writing
Publishing (PT)
2
week.
Standards and expectations
6.LA.5a / 6.L1
Elements of Poetry
Activity: Think Aloud Poems / Standards and expectations
6.LA.5a / 6.W.8
Elements of Poetry (Structure)
Activity: Think Aloud Poems / Standards and expectations
6.W.8 / 6.L.1 / 6.LA.5a Elements of poetry (structure) Activity: Class poetry prompts writing / Standards and expectations
6.W.8
Writing to demonstrate understanding
Activity: poetry prompts / Standards and expectations
6.W.8
Elements of poetry
Activity: Journal entry
3
week
Standards and expectations
6.W.7
Performance Task
Creating a community of poets: (poetry journal) / Standards and expectations
6.W.8 / 6.LA.5a
Performance Task
Creating a community of poets: (poetry journal) / Standards and expectations
6.W.7
Reflective Journal Writing
Other evidence: Poetry Journal / Standards and expectations
6.LA.1h
Homophones
Activity: T-chart / Standards and expectations
6.LA.1h / 6 W 7
Homophones
Activity: Write sentences using homophones
4
week
Standards and expectations
6.LA.1h/6.S.3 /6.LA.3b
Unit content review
Activity: Using word walls to improve instruction / Standards and expectations
6.LA.1b / 6.LA.5a / 6.L.1
Understand figurative language
Activity: Written exercise / Standards and expectations
6.LA.5a / 6.LA.1h/ 6.S.3
Identify simile, metaphor, homophones
Activity: 6.5 Vocabulary inference chart / Standards and expectations
6.W.8 / 6.LA.5a
Integrate similes in poetry
Activity: 6.5 Snow Similes / Standards and expectations
6.R.7L / 6.S.3
Use appropriate vocabulary to build meaning, figurative language.
Activity: Oral discussion using visual support.
5
week
6 / Standards and expectations
6.LA.1h/6.LA.5a/6.LA3b
Homophones, simile, metaphor
Activity: concept review
/ Standards and expectations
6.LA.1h / 6.W.8
Performance Task
Creating a community of poets: (homophone poetry) / Standards and expectations
6.LA.5a/ 6.W.8
Performance Task
Creating a community of poets: (simile poetry) / Standards and expectations
6.R2L / 6W8 / 6.LA.5a
Creating a community of poets: (simile & homophone poetry) publishing / Standards and expectations
6.W.8 / 6.LA.3b
Reflective writing
Activity: 6.5 poetry journal
week