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- Framing Poetry (.html)
- Three Levels of Text Protocol (.pdf)
- Activity
- Poem
- Student Reference
- Worksheet
- Rubric
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The big idea in this poetry unit plan is that structure and content work together to create meaning. Class members learn how to identify and mark the metrical patterns and line lengths used in poems. They study the structure of various forms of poetry and record sensory observations in their journals as they engage in three different activities. Finally they put together what they have learned and observed to create three different types of poems.
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Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Share links to the model poems referenced on the worksheets
- Have class members tap on their desks the metrical patterns (Iambic, trochaic, dactylic, anapestic, and spondee) and the line lengths (trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, and hexameter)
Classroom Considerations
- Although designed for inclusion in a semester-length elective class, the unit is appropriate for any study of poetry
- The 18-page packet includes a brief outline of each day's activities and a rubric for the poetry writing assignment
Pros
- Printouts detail how to record their observations in their journals
- Writers share their poems with a partner and receive feedback