This document outlines the learning objectives, standards, assessments, and activities for an 8th grade poetry unit. The unit will focus on identifying and demonstrating various poetic elements through reading, writing, performing, and analyzing poetry. Formative assessments include matching exercises, practice tests, peer reviews, and self-assessments. Summative assessments include creating a poet biography, presenting a poetry lesson, taking a unit test, and compiling a poetry portfolio. Students will read and analyze poems, write poems in different forms and genres, memorize and perform poems, and research poets.