Poetry+Unit

Poetry Unit April is national poetry month so we will be discovering more about this timeless type of writing. In this unit students will be exploring various types of poetry and compiling them into a book. Each student will choose a topic they have knowledge about and are interested and create about 8 different poems.

__**Directions: **__
 * Step 1: **
 * Choose a theme for your poetry book
 * Your poetry book will represent that particular theme in shape, design, or illustrations.
 * Step 2: **
 * Explore, discuss, and create each of the following poems: Alliteration, Metaphor, Limerick, Haiku, Cinquain, Narrative, Diamante, and Simile
 * A different poem will be emphasized, examined, and discussed each day in class.
 * Students will be responsible for creating a corresponding poem after lesson.
 * Students will word process final copy of each poem
 * Students will be proofreading poems before putting poem in book
 * Step 3: **
 * Design cover and shape of poetry book (neatly).
 * Don't forget to include a title and 'written by'
 * Step 4: **
 * <span style="color: #35cf35; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Compile typed/proofread poems in book in order
 * <span style="color: #35cf35; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Order will be given in class during the unit
 * <span style="color: #35cf35; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Step 5: **
 * <span style="color: #35cf35; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Students will share at least one poem with the class

<span style="color: #13d3d3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">Poetry Book Rubric (Click link below) [|Poetry rubric.docx]

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Craft and Structure __ <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">· 5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. __<span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Integration of Knowledge and Ideas __ <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">· 7. Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">· 9. Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Wisconsin State LA Standards: __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Reading **

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Production and Distribution of Writing __ <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">· 4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">· 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting. __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Research to Build and Present Knowledge __ <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">o Apply //grade 6 Reading standards// to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres [e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories] in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics”). <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">o Apply //grade 6 Reading standards// to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not”).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Writing **

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Comprehension and Collaboration __ <span style="color: #3b3b3a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">· 1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Speaking and Listening **

Student Targets 1. Students will write a response to poems heard in class. 2. Students will listen to poetry read aloud by the teacher and other students. 3. Students will respond to daily lessons with a group discussion. 4. Students will recall the term poetry. 5. Students will learn the term rhyme. 6. Students will use poems to find examples of rhyme and rhyme scheme. 7. Students will write a poem demonstrating rhyme. 8. Students will learn the terms simile and metaphor. 9. Students will write a poem using a simile or metaphor. 10. Students will edit and revise their poem using simile or metaphor. 11. Students will label poems with poetic terms. 12. Students will revise and edit poems into final draft. 13. Students will write their poems in final draft format. 14. Students will read dramatically a poem they wrote in front of an audience. 15. Students will listen to their peers read a poem in front of an audience.