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Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading

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Title:

Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading

URL:

http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/sonic-patterns-exploring-poetic-1157.html

Content Source:

ReadWriteThink
Type: Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

In addition to developing background knowledge about allusions and the etymology of keywords, students use an online tool to examine the relationship between the speaker and his father in Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays". Then students explore how the poet uses consonance, assonance, and alliteration to illustrate this complex relationship. Finally, students use the idea of a composed memory and their knowledge of sonic patterns to draft, revise, and share their own original text. 

The updated link for the BioCube resource is https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/cube

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.

Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R2.
  • Literary texts
  • Literal understanding
  • Figurative understanding
  • Text
  • Purpose
  • Situation
Knowledge:
R2. Students know:
  • Necessary skills to read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
  • Strategies to analyze literary text to develop a literal and figurative understanding.
  • Literary texts have different intended meanings depending on the genre, purpose, and situation.
Skills:
R2. Students are able to:
  • Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
  • Develop literal and figurative understanding of literary texts appropriate to the text, purpose, and situation.
Understanding:
R2. Students understand that:
  • Literary texts can be understood on both a literal and figurative level.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R3.
  • Active listening
  • Formal conversations
  • Informal conversations
  • Predetermined norms
Knowledge:
R3. Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Strategies to identify formal and informal settings.
  • Engage in formal and informal conversations.
  • Predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
Skills:
R3. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during formal and informal discussions.
  • Practice predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
Understanding:
R3. Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow predetermined norms which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R4.
  • Digital tools
  • Electronic tools
  • Appropriately
  • Safely
  • Ethically
Knowledge:
R4. Students know:
  • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.
Skills:
R4. Students are able to:
  • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.
Understanding:
R4. Students understand that:
  • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
  • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R5.
  • Writing process
  • Plan
  • Revise
  • Edit
  • Peer-edit
  • Rewrite
  • Focused
  • Organized
  • Coherent
  • Purpose
  • Audience
Knowledge:
R5. Students know:
  • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
  • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
  • Peer-editing skills.
  • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.
Skills:
R5. Students are able to:
  • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
  • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
  • Engage in the peer-editing process.
Understanding:
R5. Students understand that:
  • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
4. Analyze how authors use characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning in a variety of texts.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
4.
  • Characterization
  • Connotation
  • Denotation
  • Figurative language
  • Literary elements
  • Point of view
Knowledge:
4. Students know:
  • Authors choose to write from a particular point of view and use specific literary elements and vocabulary words to convey their intended meaning.
Skills:
4. Students are able to:
  • Identify characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view in a variety of texts.
  • Analyze how characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view creates and conveys meaning in a variety of texts.
Understanding:
4. Students understand that:
  • Authors select particular literary elements and devices to create and convey meaning within their written work.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
18. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view and purpose.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
18.
  • Rhetorical choices
  • Aesthetic choices
  • Organizational choices
  • Point of view
  • Purpose
Knowledge:
18. Students know:
  • Speakers organize their speech to indicate the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
  • Listeners can assess a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
Skills:
18. Students are able to:
  • Identify and describe a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
  • Evaluate a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
Understanding:
18. Students understand that:
  • Speakers make rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices that affect the overall effectiveness of their presentations.
  • Active listening is critical to evaluating the rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices of a speaker's presentation.
  • The language of a speech is affected by a speaker's purpose and point of view, which then affects rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
  • English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 10
    R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.

    Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R2.
    • Literary texts
    • Literal understanding
    • Figurative understanding
    • Text
    • Purpose
    • Situation
    Knowledge:
    R2. Students know:
    • Necessary skills to read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
    • Strategies to analyze literary text to develop a literal and figurative understanding.
    • Literary texts have different intended meanings depending on the genre, purpose, and situation.
    Skills:
    R2. Students are able to:
    • Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
    • Develop literal and figurative understanding of literary texts appropriate to the text, purpose, and situation.
    Understanding:
    R2. Students understand that:
    • Literary texts can be understood on both a literal and figurative level.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 10
    R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R3.
    • Active listening
    • Formal conversations
    • Informal conversations
    • Predetermined norms
    Knowledge:
    R3. Students know:
    • Active listening skills.
    • Strategies to identify formal and informal settings.
    • Engage in formal and informal conversations.
    • Predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
    Skills:
    R3. Students are able to:
    • Demonstrate active listening skills during formal and informal discussions.
    • Practice predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
    Understanding:
    R3. Students understand that:
    • Conversations and discussions follow predetermined norms which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 10
    R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R4.
    • Digital tools
    • Electronic tools
    • Appropriately
    • Safely
    • Ethically
    Knowledge:
    R4. Students know:
    • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.
    Skills:
    R4. Students are able to:
    • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.
    Understanding:
    R4. Students understand that:
    • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
    • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 10
    R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R5.
    • Writing process
    • Plan
    • Revise
    • Edit
    • Peer-edit
    • Rewrite
    • Focused
    • Organized
    • Coherent
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    Knowledge:
    R5. Students know:
    • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
    • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
    • Peer-editing skills.
    • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    Skills:
    R5. Students are able to:
    • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
    • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    • Engage in the peer-editing process.
    Understanding:
    R5. Students understand that:
    • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 10
    4. Interpret an author's use of characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning in a variety of texts.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    4.
    • Characterization
    • Connotation
    • Denotation
    • Figurative language
    • Literary elements
    • Point of view
    Knowledge:
    4. Students know:
    • Authors choose to write from a particular point of view and use specific literary elements and vocabulary words to convey their intended meaning.
    Skills:
    4. Students are able to:
    • Identify characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view in a variety of texts.
    • Interpret how characterization, connotation, denotation, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view creates and conveys meaning in a variety of texts.
    Understanding:
    4. Students understand that:
    • Authors select particular literary elements and devices to create and convey meaning within their written work.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 10
    18. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view and purpose.

    Examples: Analyze Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" speech.
    Analyze "The Appeal of 18 June" by Charles de Gaulle.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    18.
    • Rhetorical choices
    • Aesthetic choices
    • Organizational choices
    • Point of view
    • Purpose
    Knowledge:
    18. Students know:
    • Speakers organize their speech to indicate the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
    • Listeners can assess a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
    Skills:
    18. Students are able to:
    • Identify and describe a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
    • Evaluate a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
    Understanding:
    18. Students understand that:
    • Speakers make rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices that affect the overall effectiveness of their presentations.
    • Active listening is critical to evaluating the rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices of a speaker's presentation.
    • The language of a speech is affected by a speaker's purpose and point of view, which then affects rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 10
    21. Locate and determine the usefulness of relevant and credible information to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    21.
    • Relevant information
    • Credible information
    Knowledge:
    21. Students know:
    • Strategies to locate relevant and credible information.
    • Credible information is accurate and reliable.
    • Criteria to determine the usefulness, relevance, and credibility of a research source.
    • Information learned through reading can be used to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position.
    Skills:
    21. Students are able to:
    • Locate useful, relevant, and credible information in the research process.
    • Determine the usefulness, relevance, and credibility of a research source.
    • Use research findings to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position.
    Understanding:
    21. Students understand that:
    • It is necessary to determine the relevance and credibility of a source before using it as evidence to answer a question, solve a problem, or defend a position.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 11
    R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.

    Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R2.
    • Literary texts
    • Literal understanding
    • Figurative understanding
    • Text
    • Purpose
    • Situation
    Knowledge:
    R2. Students know:
    • Necessary skills to read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
    • Strategies to analyze literary text to develop a literal and figurative understanding.
    • Literary texts have different intended meanings depending on the genre, purpose, and situation.
    Skills:
    R2. Students are able to:
    • Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
    • Develop literal and figurative understanding of literary texts appropriate to the text, purpose, and situation.
    Understanding:
    R2. Students understand that:
    • Literary texts can be understood on both a literal and figurative level.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 11
    R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R3.
    • Active listening
    • Formal conversations
    • Informal conversations
    • Predetermined norms
    Knowledge:
    R3. Students know:
    • Active listening skills.
    • Strategies to identify formal and informal settings.
    • Engage in formal and informal conversations.
    • Predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
    Skills:
    R3. Students are able to:
    • Demonstrate active listening skills during formal and informal discussions.
    • Practice predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
    Understanding:
    R3. Students understand that:
    • Conversations and discussions follow predetermined norms which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 11
    R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R4.
    • Digital tools
    • Electronic tools
    • Appropriately
    • Safely
    • Ethically
    Knowledge:
    R4. Students know:
    • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.
    Skills:
    R4. Students are able to:
    • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.
    Understanding:
    R4. Students understand that:
    • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
    • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 11
    R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R5.
    • Writing process
    • Plan
    • Revise
    • Edit
    • Peer-edit
    • Rewrite
    • Focused
    • Organized
    • Coherent
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    Knowledge:
    R5. Students know:
    • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
    • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
    • Peer-editing skills.
    • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    Skills:
    R5. Students are able to:
    • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
    • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    • Engage in the peer-editing process.
    Understanding:
    R5. Students understand that:
    • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 11
    4. Analyze how an author uses characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    4.
    • Analyze
    • Characterization
    • Figurative language
    • Literary elements
    • Point of view
    • Create
    • Convey
    Knowledge:
    4. Students know:
    • Authors choose to write from a particular point of view and use specific literary elements and vocabulary words to convey their intended meaning.
    • Methods to analyze characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view.
    Skills:
    4. Students are able to:
    • Identify characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view in a variety of texts.
    • Analyze how characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view creates and conveys meaning in a variety of texts.
    Understanding:
    4. Students understand that:
    • Authors select particular literary elements and devices to create and convey meaning within their written work.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 11
    21. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    21.
    • Rhetorical choices
    • Aesthetic choices
    • Organizational choices
    • Point of view
    • Purpose
    • Effectiveness
    Knowledge:
    21. Students know:
    • Speakers organize their speech to indicate the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
    • Listeners can assess a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view, purpose, and effectiveness of the presentation.
    Skills:
    21. Students are able to:
    • Identify and analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
    • Evaluate a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view, purpose, and effectiveness of the presentation.
    Understanding:
    21. Students understand that:
    • Speakers make rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices that affect the overall effectiveness of their presentations.
    • Active listening is critical to evaluating the rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices of a speaker's presentation.
    • The language of a speech is affected by a speaker's purpose and point of view, which then affects rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 12
    R2. Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts to develop a literal and figurative understanding as appropriate to the type of text, purpose, and situation.

    Examples: short and long prose texts, poetry, dramas
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R2.
    • Literary texts
    • Literal understanding
    • Figurative understanding
    • Text
    • Purpose
    • Situation
    Knowledge:
    R2. Students know:
    • Necessary skills to read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
    • Strategies to analyze literary text to develop a literal and figurative understanding.
    • Literary texts have different intended meanings depending on the genre, purpose, and situation.
    Skills:
    R2. Students are able to:
    • Read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.
    • Develop literal and figurative understanding of literary texts appropriate to the text, purpose, and situation.
    Understanding:
    R2. Students understand that:
    • Literary texts can be understood on both a literal and figurative level.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 12
    R3. Utilize active listening skills in formal and informal conversations, following predetermined norms.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R3.
    • Active listening
    • Formal conversations
    • Informal conversations
    • Predetermined norms
    Knowledge:
    R3. Students know:
    • Active listening skills.
    • Strategies to identify formal and informal settings.
    • Engage in formal and informal conversations.
    • Predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
    Skills:
    R3. Students are able to:
    • Demonstrate active listening skills during formal and informal discussions.
    • Practice predetermined norms for formal and informal discussions.
    Understanding:
    R3. Students understand that:
    • Conversations and discussions follow predetermined norms which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 12
    R4. Use digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R4.
    • Digital tools
    • Electronic tools
    • Appropriately
    • Safely
    • Ethically
    Knowledge:
    R4. Students know:
    • Digital and electronic tools must be used appropriately, safely, and ethically.
    Skills:
    R4. Students are able to:
    • Engage in safe and ethical behavior when using digital and electronic tools.
    Understanding:
    R4. Students understand that:
    • Safe behaviors, interactions that keep you out of harm's way, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
    • Ethical behavior, interactions that align to one's moral code, are necessary when using digital and electronic tools.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 12
    R5. Utilize a writing process which includes planning, revising, editing/peer-editing, and rewriting to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing for a specific purpose and audience.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    R5.
    • Writing process
    • Plan
    • Revise
    • Edit
    • Peer-edit
    • Rewrite
    • Focused
    • Organized
    • Coherent
    • Purpose
    • Audience
    Knowledge:
    R5. Students know:
    • The writing process steps are to plan, revise, edit, and rewrite.
    • Editing can be completed by the writer or by a peer.
    • Peer-editing skills.
    • Completed writing projects should be focused, organized, and coherent, and written for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    Skills:
    R5. Students are able to:
    • Plan, revise, edit, and rewrite to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
    • Compose a writing piece for a specific purpose and intended audience.
    • Engage in the peer-editing process.
    Understanding:
    R5. Students understand that:
    • Writing is a process that requires multiple drafts, edits, and versions.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 12
    4. Evaluate an author's use of characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view to create and convey meaning.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    4.
    • Evaluate
    • Characterization
    • Figurative language
    • Literary elements
    • Point of view
    • Create
    • Convey
    Knowledge:
    4. Students know:
    • Authors choose to write from a particular point of view and use specific literary elements and vocabulary words to convey their intended meaning.
    • Methods to evaluate characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view.
    Skills:
    4. Students are able to:
    • Identify characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view in a variety of texts.
    • Evaluate how characterization, figurative language, literary elements, and point of view creates and conveys meaning in a variety of texts.
    Understanding:
    4. Students understand that:
    • Authors select particular literary elements and devices to create and convey meaning within their written work.
    English Language Arts
    ELA2021 (2021)
    Grade: 12
    21. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.
    Unpacked Content
    Teacher Vocabulary:
    21.
    • Rhetorical choices
    • Aesthetic choices
    • Organizational choices
    • Point of view
    • Purpose
    • Effectiveness
    Knowledge:
    21. Students know:
    • Speakers organize their speech to indicate the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
    • Listeners can assess a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view, purpose, and effectiveness of the presentation.
    Skills:
    21. Students are able to:
    • Identify and analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
    • Evaluate a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices to determine the point of view, purpose, and effectiveness of the presentation.
    Understanding:
    21. Students understand that:
    • Speakers make rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices that affect the overall effectiveness of their presentations.
    • Active listening is critical to evaluating the rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices of a speaker's presentation.
    • The language of a speech is affected by a speaker's purpose and point of view, which then affects rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices.
    Tags: alliteration, allusions, assonance, Bio Cube, consonance, Cube Creator, draft, etymology, keywords, poet, revise, Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays
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