Literacy Module: Poetry, Poets, and Becoming Writers
Big Ideas and Guiding Questions:
What makes a poem a poem?
What inspires writers to write poetry?
What makes a poem a poem?
What inspires writers to write poetry?
Unit 1: Reading and Analyzing Poetry: Love That Dog and Famous Poems
Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Summarizing a Poem and Comparing Prose and Poetry: Students apply what they have learned about reading poems to a familiar poem as we as to a new poem.
End of Unit 1 Assessment: Analyzing Changes in Jack's Character: Students describe Jack's character in depth, drawing specific details in the text and participate in a collaborative discussion to share their ideas. Students will also answer multiple choice and written response questions to show their understanding of Jack's thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Unit 2: Writing to Inform: What Inspires Writers to Write Poetry?
Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Informative Paragraph - What Inspired Jack?: Students use notes from earlier in the unit to write an informative paragraph.
End of Unit 2 Assessment: Revising a Literary Essay: Students revise the drafts of their literary essays with a focus on organizing relevant text evidence, writing in complete sentences, and correctly punctuating quotations.
Unit 3: Writing to Entertain: Poetry
Mid-Unit 3 Assessment: Revising a Poem: Students revise their poems to choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely and to choose punctuation for effect.
End of Unit 3 Assessment: Reading a New Poem Aloud for Fluency: Students are given an excerpt of a new poem to read aloud and are assessed on fluency and accuracy.
Module Performance Task: Poetry Presentation
Students synthesize their learning about what inspires poets to write poetry by presenting their own original poems inspired by something meaningful, along with a speech, including supporting visuals, about what inspired their poem and where you can see evidence of this in their poem.