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Grade Level: 10
Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Students will take time in class to discuss
whether or not they think song lyrics and poetry are
similar. Students will then lead a discussion as to why they
agree or disagree.
Lesson 1
Student Learning Objective:
Students will learn the basics of
analyzing poetry through the
use of TP(VS)CASTT Poetry.
Acceptable Evidence
(Assessments): Graphic
organizer and vocab lit
worksheets coupled with
lecture example and additional
poems for homework.
Lesson Activities:.
- Students will participate in an in-class lecture analyzing song lyrics using the TP(VS)CASTT method.
- Students will work to understand new vocabulary words and how to use a vocab lit sheet.
- Students will use TP(VS)CASTT to analyze poems in class (if leftover time) and for the poems taken home.
Acceptable Evidence:
Webercise worksheet
Lesson Activities:
- Students will be given the webercise as homework.
- Students will use the provided links in each section to learn and answer questions about each of the poets covered in
the unit.
- Students can also dive further into the poets work by completing an extra credit section in the webercise.
Lesson Activities:
- Students will identify new vocabulary in the provided text.
- Students will use the interactive journal to make personal connection, point out important lines (words, couplets, etc.)
that contribute to the overall meaning of the text.
- Students will bring the interactive journals into class the following day and will discuss with the class.
Lesson 2
Student Learning Objective:
Using a webecise to learn about
the poets that we will be
focusing on in this unit.
Lesson 3
Student Learning Objective:
Students will be able to analyze
and make personal connections
from a work (lyrics or poem)
using an interactive journal.
Unit Resources:
Poetry Glossary - https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetry-glossary
Poetic Devices (List) - http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html
Poetic Devices (Quizlet) - https://quizlet.com/9916695/poetic-device-terms-and-examples-flash-cards/
Poetic Devices: Definition, Types & Examples - http://study.com/academy/lesson/poetic-devices-definition-types-examples.html
Poetry Explication - http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry/resources/documents/Poetry-Explication.pdf
Useful Websites:
Purdue OWL - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Plagiarism tracker - http://www.plagtracker.com/
KnightCite - http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/?
Character web - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/scope/pdfs/SCOPE-REPRO-021808-11.pdf