Students will enhance their communication skills by engaging in conversations, group discussions, and oral presentations, emphasizing organized and succinct expression. They will develop their comprehension abilities by exploring various forms of literature, including fiction, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
PSYCHOMOTOR: During the time a poem is being read to them, the student will sketch their feelings and thoughts in a Guided Imagery assingment.
AFFECTIVE: The student will voluntarily seek out other poems to read and enjoy.
COGNITIVE: Given a simple poem, the student will be able to anaylze for poetic terms and devices such as metaphor, personification, irony, foreshadowing, etc.
3 Overall Learning Goals!!!
The students will demonstrate an ability to discuss and anaylze poems.
The student will become familar with poetry terms and poetic devices.
The students will develop an appreciation for poetry.
SOL 7.1:The student will give and seek information in conversations, in group discussions, and in oral presentations.
7.1c) Ask probing questions to seek elaboration and clarification of ideas.
7.1b) Communicate ideas and information orally in an organized and succient manner
SOL 7.5: The student will read and demonstrate comprehnsion of a variety of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and poetry
7.5g) Summarize text
7.5f) Make inferences based on explicit adn implied information.
7.5d) Explain how form, including rhyme, rhythm, line structure, and punctuation, conveys the mood and meaning of a poem.
7.5e) Draw conclusions based on explicit and implied information
7.5c) Describe the impact of word choice, imagery, and poetic devices.
7.5b) Compare and contrast forms, including short stories, novels, plays, folk lit, poetry, essays, and biographies.
