2. CONTENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED (ELA CCSS)
CCSS ELA-LITERACYRL.7.5:
Analyze how a poem's form or
structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet)
contributes to its meaning.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.3.A:
Choose language that expresses
ideas precisely and concisely,
recognizing and eliminating
wordiness and redundancy.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5:
Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language, word
relationships, and nuances in word
meanings.
3. BIG IDEAS/UNIT GOALS AND
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
Big Ideas/Unit Goals: Students will correctly identify adjectives in
different types of poetry (lyric poems, limericks) and explain how
it contributes to the overall meaning, mood, and style of the
poem; Students will write original poems using strong adjectives
and descriptive language, and share their favorite poem with the
class.
21st Century Skills: Students will use technology to produce and
publish writing and present the relationships between information
and ideas clearly and efficiently, identifying adjective/descriptive
language usage; Students will think critically and creatively while
analyzing and writing poems; Students will communicate their
poem with the class and collaborate to get positive feedback.
4. STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES/ASSESSMENT
Learning Objectives: Expose students and familiarize them
with different styles of poetry; Recognize concepts of
rhyme and meter within poems; Recognize descriptive and
figurative language; Develop creativity in creating their own
poems.
Assessments: Students will be questioned on how poems
differ and how meter and rhyme are used in different
poems; Students will read a poem they wrote, explain what
type of poem it is, and point out adjectives they used,
explaining how they contribute to the meaning; Students
will create a book of their poetry and write a review of their
own poems.
5. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Students will take turns reading aloud
poems and discuss as a class the
meter, rhyme, descriptive language,
and literary devices that can be found
in the poem. Students will be able to
distinguish between different styles of
poetry.
Students will write their own poem on
a specific topic given, and use
adjectives starting with only one letter
of their choice, see how many
different adjectives starting with letter
“_” can be used to successfully
create their poem.
6. WHY I CHOSE THIS TOPIC
I chose “adjectives and poetry” as my
unit plan topic because I think it is
important to recognize how being
descriptive plays a role in the meaning
of text/poetry. This is a fun and sensory
evoking topic that will allow students to
use their creativity while also learning
about different types of poetry, and
reading important poems from the
past/present.
Students will become familiarized with
poetry and reduce fear and intimidation
that is often associated with analyzing,
and will write their own poems and
brainstorm which adjectives are strong.
