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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
• 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