Unit Ten

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Unit Ten

• Poetry

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Sharing Poetry

• Reading aloud
• Multiple readings
• Shared text - basal
• Independent reading and study

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Ongoing Activities

• Student Poetry
• Anthology (A7,B3)

• Poetry Workshop (A6,B2)

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Looking at the Lessons
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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 1
• Poetry introduction
• Sound and sense
• (Music and meaning)
• Variety

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 1
• Sound of poetry
• Rhythm, rhyme, repetition (sound, word, phrase)
• Collaborative list poem

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Reading Poetry

• Read A1, How to Read Poetry.
• Read the poem several times to get a feel for it.
• How would you read it alone?
• What are some ways to read it chorally? Think
  about grouping, alternating lines/stanzas between
  groups, volume, sound effects, etc.

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 2
• Sense or meaning
• Word choice
• Literary devices
• Compression (condensed)
• Collaborative list poems

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Writing a List Poem

• Select a topic. (A5)
• Brainstorm a list details!
• Turn it into a poem.
• Word choice, alliteration, similes, cut
  unnecessary words, etc.
• Read aloud as you work.

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 3
• Titles and endings
• Revision
• Questions for Revising a Poem (B4)

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 4
• Comparing texts
• Expository, fantasy
• Prose, poetry
• Found poetry (A8,B6)

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 5
• Comparing poems
• Mood
• Purpose
• Free verse

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Comparing Poems

• Read the poems. Reread the poems.
• What was the poets purpose?
• What mood does the poem create? What words or
  phrases contribute to the mood?

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 6
• Inferences
• Revision
• Free verse

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Free Verse

• Select a topic.
• Brainstorm descriptive words and phrases.
  Consider guiding questions in Lesson 5, Concept
  2.
• Draft a free verse poem. Read aloud as you work.

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Revision

• Complete Questions for Revising a Poem. (B4)
• Revise your poem.
• Read aloud as you work.
• Peer conference.

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 7
• Poetry writing choice
• Inferences/titles

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Looking at the Lessons

• Lesson 8
• Choral reading
• Share anthologies
• Unit test

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Assessment Opportunities

• Ongoing informal assessment
• Student poetry anthology
• overall grade (B8)
• individual pieces (B9,B10)

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Assessment Opportunities

• Organizing grid
• Choral reading (B7)
• Unit test (B11)

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Major Concepts and Skills

• Reading and Understanding Poetry
• Writing Poetry
• As a group
• With a partner
• Independently

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Major Concepts and Skills

• Comparing Texts
• Purpose
• Treatment
• Mood
• Inferences

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Adaptations

• Alternate Poems
• A Poetry Reading

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Extension Activity

• A Poetry Reading
• Class poem
• Individual students
• Other students
• Parents