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Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry

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Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry

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This unit introduces poetry forms and craft elements while students explore poetry about everyday topics or themes. Students begin by discussing their varying definitions of poetry, brainstorming all the different types of poems they know, and briefly discussing elements of poetry. In each subsequent session, students are introduced to one form of poetry. This lesson uses concrete/shape, haiku, cinquain, two-voice, and free-form poetry, but the lesson can be easily adapted for any poetic form. Students read examples, define the form, and find additional examples in poetry books. They create their own poetry collection by adding examples, definitions, and their own poems to a writer's notebook. In the final session, students go back through the poems they have collected, looking for examples of the five elements of poetry.

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English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 3	27. Read prose, poetry, and dramas, identifying the literary devices used by the author to convey meaning. Examples: personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, symbolism, metaphor, simile Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 27. Prose Poetry Dramas Identifying Literary devices Author Convey meaning Knowledge: 27. Students know: Literary text often includes literary devices, such as personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, symbolism, metaphor, and simile. An author uses literary devices to convey meaning within the text. Skills: 27. Students are able to: Identify the literary devices when reading prose, poetry, and dramas. Understanding: 27. Students understand that: Literary devices are a special type of language that an author uses to convey meaning in literary text. Literary devices are language that carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	R5. Identify and explain literary devices in prose and poetry. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R5. Identify Explain Literary devices Prose Poetry Knowledge: R5. Students know: Literary devices are language that carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases. Literary text often includes literary devices, such as personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, symbolism, metaphor, and simile. Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language. Skills: R5. Students are able to: Identify literary devices in prose and poetry. Explain the meaning of literary devices in prose and poetry. Understanding: R5. Students understand that: Literary devices are often included in literary text, like prose and poems. An author uses literary devices to convey meaning within the text.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	25. Explain how the form of a poem contributes to its meaning. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 25. Poem Form Knowledge: 25. Students know: Poetry can be written in different formats. Skills: 25. Students are able to: Identify the form of a poem. Describe how a poem's form helps convey its meaning. Understanding: 25. Students understand that: Poems have varying forms that can be used to convey different meanings.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	26. Analyze how rhythm and rhyme in poetry contribute to meaning. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 26. Rhythm Rhyme Knowledge: 26. Students know: Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings. Words rhyme if their vowel and ending sounds are the same. Rhythm is a steady beat made by stressed syllables in spoken words. Skills: 26. Students are able to: Identify rhythm and rhyme in poetry. Describe how rhythm and rhyme convey meaning in a poem. Understanding: 26. Students understand that: Authors of poetry select particular rhyme and rhythm schemes to convey meaning.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	R5. Identify and explain literary devices in prose and poetry. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: R5. Identify Explain Literary devices Prose Poetry Knowledge: R5. Students know: Literary devices are language that carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases. Literary text often includes literary devices, such as personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, symbolism, metaphor, and simile. Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language. Skills: R5. Students are able to: Identify literary devices in prose and poetry. Explain the meaning of literary devices in prose and poetry. Understanding: R5. Students understand that: Literary devices are often included in literary text, like prose and poems. An author uses literary devices to convey meaning within the text.

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acrostic poems, concrete poems, diamante poems, free verse poems, Haiku Student Interactive, poetry, Poetry Tools, shape poems, The Online Poetry Classroom Website, Theme Poem app, Theme Poem Student Interactive

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Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry