Performance Task: At the end of module 1, students will be writing their own unique poem to share with the class and present to their family. 

Module Vocabulary: 

Poet: the person who writes a poem 

Stanza: Lines grouped like a paragraph 

Verse: Each line in a poem 

Line: one row of words in a poem

Meter/Rhythm: A pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables, makes you want to clap your hands or stomp your feet 

Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line. Labeled using letters. For example, ABAB

Repetition: Using the same word, phrase or line over and over 

Rhyme: words that sound alike 

Mood: The feeling the poet is trying to convey 

Theme: The moral or message the poet is trying to convey 

Topic: What the poem is about