Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Learning Poetry

Name: Davy Nguyen

Content Area: Literature

Grade Level: 7

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

Key Ideas and Details
2. Determine 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.
Craft and Structure
4. Determine 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. (See grade 7 Language standards
46 for additional expectations.) CA
5. Analyze how a dramas or poems form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
6. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
7. Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to
each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
9. Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how
authors of fiction use or alter history.

Big Ideas:

How do readers figure out the message of the poem?

How do readers figure out what a word means when they read?

How do readers use stanzas to learn the poet's message?

What kinds of words do poets use to help you "see" their ideas?

Unit Goals and Objectives:

Students will be able to read and analyze parts of a poem to formulate their own opinion on the author's message.

Students will analyze different stanzas within a poem and relate them to each other as a whole.

Students will interpret words and phrases in a poem as a way to change the tone of the piece.

Unit Summary:
This is a Digital Unit on Poetry. In this unit we will be covering the different forms of poetry, determining the central idea of the author and comparing
poetry with its filmed media. We will be covering Shakespearean sonnet to Narrative and Free Verse poems. You will do much more than read about poetry.
You will read, understand and formulate poetry.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:

Formative:

Summative:

Process
A discussion about poetry and why it exist. A
question will come up for students on their own
view of poetry. Students will be inform of a
variety of poetic styles and their origins. Each
student will create their own poetry using 2
different styles.
Purpose
At the end of this course, students will be able to
name a variety of different types of poetry and
recreate their own.

Process
As the discussion continues the student will learn
about the rulings for each style. They will read
famous poetry in class and at this point they will
split into smaller groups and will dissect as much
as they can about the poetry and will speak it out
loud, while another group can interrupt if they
feel that their own analysis is better. Opening up
the discussion into more of a debate with the
class. A quiz will be given on the difference
styles of poetry and a homework assignment will
be given on what is your favorite piece of poetry
and why.
Purpose
At the end of the course, the students will be able
to understand the rulings of the different variety
of poetry and give a critical analysis on poetry.

Process
Student will continue on learning about poetry
through reading famous poems. As we read
through the poems the instructor will ask
questions on each line or stanza that will help
students analyze the piece of poetry carefully.
The instructor will eventually go over the rubric
for their essay on a specific poem. The essay will
encourage students to review their lesson in
order to earn a high grade.
Purpose
At the end of the course, the student will be able
to use all of their prior knowledge to create their
own critical analysis on a piece of poem and give
a valid argument to help persuade the reader.

Lesson 1
Student Learning
Objective:
Learn different variety of
poetry and poets and the
structural difference in
all of them.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will do an
assignment consisting on
the different variety of
poetry and pass an in
class quiz.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:
Students will be reading and learning about the different variety of
poetry from the teacher. Small activities will be conducted to insure
proper use of the variety of poetry. At the end of the lesson a quiz will
be conducted to ensure adequate knowledge in poetry.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will research on
Edgar Allan Poe and give
valid evidence on its
influence towards his
writing.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:
The students will do a web exercise in a group of 3 to 4 using Edgar
Allan Poe as a reference. They will incorporate his poetry with his life
and give examples of daily media on how his work has influence pop
culture today.

Acceptable Evidence:
Graphic organizer of
each types of poetry and
their critical analysis.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:
Students will deconstruct the different types of poetry into their basic
construct, and then analyze each part of the poem and explain them
on the graph. Eventually students will give their own critical analysis
on specific poetry to the class while class mates are able to add in
their own opinions.

Lesson 2
Student Learning
Objective:
A web exercise on Edgar
Allan Poe and how his
life has influence his
poetry.

Lesson 3
Student Learning
Objective:
Students are now able to
incorporate a critical
analysis on each poetry,
giving them a deeper
insight towards poetry.
Unit Resources:

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http://prezi.com/ceznx34ktsld
Useful Websites:

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