Unit Topic ______Imagery in Poetry________________________ Subject(s) ____Language Arts_______________________________

Grade(s)/Learning Group: _______3rd_____________________________ Designer Name ___Amy Oliver________________________

STAGE 1 DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: Established Goals/Content Standards:
RL.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and
Imagery in Poetry poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently
SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and
teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others ideas and
expressing their own clearly
RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the
text as the basis for the answers.
RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the
main idea

Meaning
Understandings: Essential Questions:
Students will understand that Why is word choice important in poetry?
All poems have a purpose How can the poem be visualized?
Poetry is read different than other forms of literature. Where can we find poetry in our daily lives?
Poetry exists all around us. How is poetry read differently than other types of stories?
Poetry allows the writer to express moods and feelings.
Acquisition
Students Knowledge: Students Performance Objectives:
What is the purpose of a poem? I can read aloud.
How is poetry read differently than other forms of literature? I can demonstrate the imagery of the poem assigned.
Where else is poetry found? I can use imagery to write a poem.
How does poetry express moods and feelings?

STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE

Pre-Assessment: Other Evidence:
Group discussion of the imagery used in the poem, Casey The students will perform the poem skit to the audience of
at Bat. Where does the poem take place? the rest of the class.

Performance Tasks:
Students will discuss their assigned poem in groups.
They will assign roles to act out the poem.
- Students will choose roles as per their abilities. Those students unable to perform a task will be given another one
more in line with their abilities. Teacher will check roles assigned for ability level.
Each group member will read aloud the poem, one or two per day, through the unit.
- Students unable to read the poem aloud to their group will read it to the teacher or one of their classmates.
The class will answer the question of what is the imagery of the performed skit and the actors will be the expert.
Students will write their own poem using imagery.
Students will peer edit the poems.

Formative Assessments:
Students will perform the poem skit to the rest of the groups.
The audience members will answer the question of what is the imagery of the skit and the actors will be the experts.
Students will peer edit the poems so that they can help their peers make a better poem.

Summative Assessment:
Students will write a poem using imagery.

Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005) 1

 Unit Topic ______Imagery in Poetry________________________ Subject(s) ____Language Arts_______________________________

Grade(s)/Learning Group: _______3rd_____________________________ Designer Name ___Amy Oliver________________________

STAGE 3 LEARNING PLAN

Summary of Learning Activities:
W: Students will demonstrate what the imagery of the assigned poem is.
H: Students will be hooked by playing YouTube video of an 11 year old boy reciting Casey at Bat.
E: I will engage the students by having them perform a skit of the assigned poem.
R: I will revise the unit as needed determined by the progress of the formative assessments.
E: Students will evaluate their audiences comprehension of the poem in a question/answer session after the
performance.
T: I will tailor the organization and/or roles of each group as needed to modify the assignment.
O: The unit is organized to engage the students in reflective assessment of the poem and how to move the text from
words to action. Students will then write their own poem using imagery.
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

Imagery How the words create pictures in the readers or audience members minds.
Characters Who is in the poem?
Theme What is the lesson or message of the poem?
Setting Where does the poem take place?
Mood What the feeling the reader experiences as the poem is read?
Authors Purpose What is the authors purpose: entertain, persuade, or inform?

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Unit Topic ______Imagery in Poetry________________________ Subject(s) ____Language Arts_______________________________

Grade(s)/Learning Group: _______3rd_____________________________ Designer Name ___Amy Oliver________________________

Sources:
Casey at the Bat (Favorite Poem Project) (YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13_bVaphCPo

Sports Poems (- For All You Sports Fans)

http://www.anitapoems.com/sports-poems.html

Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids - The Weather Is Perfect for Running - A Funny
Exercise Poem for Kids (Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids - The Weather Is Perfect
for Running - A Funny Exercise Poem for Kids)

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem-723.html#.VmdNNrgrKM8

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