POETRY

UNIT PLAN

SHANNON DUNN

ANALYZE THE LEARNER

• High School (Grade 12)

• Honors English

• Small Class (10-17)

• Hands-on and project based learning

• All Students Scored High in English grammar and

composition on the school’s annual standardized test.

OBJECTIVE

A- Honors Class

B- Identify literary devises and poetic style

C- class discussion, computer research

D- 80% on final project after revision

LESSON ONE,

IDENTIFYING WHAT IS IN A POEM

• Look at poetic eras

• Terms to use: Poetic devises

• Present meaning (how structure and diction help)

• Identify literary devises (how does this convey the

meaning)

LESSON TWO,

POETIC FORMS

• Jigsaw strategy to learn forms

• Research

• Write poems from forms taught by classmates

• Class analysis

LESSON THREE,

THE BEAT ERA

• Webquest

• Create beat poem

• Perform through voki or youtube

LESSON 4

ADVOCACY APPLICATION

• Show current real-life advocacy poetry

• Collaborate in groups to produce a poem to advocate for a

cause

LESSON 5

COMPILING AN ANTHOLOGY

• Reference to short anthologies to learn structure

• Create Wiki spaces to house anthology

• Pick a topic and search poems

• Analyze and reflect

• Relate poems to each other

• Submit for review

TECHNOLOGY

• Computers

• Overhead

• Search engines

• Wiki

• Discussion boards

• Pinterest

• Facebook

• Twitter

• Voki

• QR code

• Poster

• Photoshop

• Smartboard

WORKS CITED

Poetryoutloud.org

Readwritethink.org

Teachingchannel.org

Poets.org

Poetryfoundation.org

An Ethic of Excellence by Ron Berger