Unit Theme: 7.3 Poetry, My Identity
Teacher:
District: _______________________
School: __________________
Reform Strategy: _________________
Week: # 1
Grade: 7th
Subject: English
Region: __________________
Date: From _____________ to _____________ 20 __________
Desired Result
Enduring Understanding
EU1. My environment influences my identity in both small and large ways every day.
EU2. I engage with poetry through the feelings, emotions, and concise descriptions
the poems elicit.
EU3. There are many sociocultural, political, and personal factors that influence
poets.
Assessment Evidence
Summative Evaluation
Standards
Expectations
Learning Plan
Suggested Learning Activities:
Day 1
Day 2
Listening and Speaking
Listening and Speaking
7.L.1Listen and Collaborate with peers
during social and academic
interactions.
7.L.1Listen and collaborate with
peers during social and
academic interactions.
7.S.1- Oral contribution
of topic.
7.S.1- Oral contribution of topic.
7.S.2 Respond orally to closed
questions
7.S.2 Respond Orally to closed
questions
Day 3
Reading and Writing
7. S.5 Describe, explain,
and evaluate text, self, and
world experiences,
express thoughts and
opinions to discuss
concepts.
7.R.10 Read and
comprehend a variety of
literature including poetry,
of appropriate
complexity.
7.W.8 Write routinely for
short and extended time
frame for a variety of
discipline-specific tasks
and purposes.
7.LA.5 Demonstrate
understanding of figurative
language, word
Day 4
Reading and
Language
7.R.10 Read and
comprehend a variety
of literature, including
stories, dramas, and
poetry, and
informational texts
(e.g., history/social
studies, science, and
technical texts) of
appropriate
complexity.
7.W.8 Write routinely
for short and extended
time frame for a variety
of discipline-specific
tasks and purposes.
7.LA.5 Demonstrate
understanding of
figurative language,
word relationships,
Day 5
Reading and
Language
7.R.10 Read and
comprehend a variety of
literature, including
stories, dramas, and
poetry, and
informational texts (e.g.,
history/social studies,
science, and technical
texts) of appropriate
complexity.
7.LA.4a Use context
clues to help determine
the meaning of a word
or phrase.
EU1. My environment influences my identity in both small and large ways every day.
EU2. I engage with poetry through the feelings, emotions, and concise descriptions
the poems elicit.
EU3. There are many sociocultural, political, and personal factors that influence
poets.
Assessment Evidence
Summative Evaluation
Learning Plan
Suggested Learning Activities:
relationships, and variation
in word meanings.
and variation in word
meanings.
.
Students discuss and define
poetry concepts..
Students analyze a poem
identifying figurative
language.
___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking
Teacher presents routine activities and
Teacher gives questions as a guide:
What comes to your mind when the
word poetry is mentioned?
What vocabulary do you know is
strictly related to poetry?
Why do you think people write poetry?
___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking
Teacher presents routine
activities and discusses poetry
concepts
___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking
Teacher presents routine
activities and reviews
poetry concepts.
Discussions of the basic
parts of the structure of a
poem are presented. (See
7.3 Learning ActivityLines and Stanzas)
Students write a paragraph or acrostic
poem with answers completed from
Students define concepts of
poetry through examples
Students analyze a poem
identifying some of the
Students discuss and
write a two line stanza
about the admiration of
Puerto Rico with
sensory images.
___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking
Teacher presents
routine activities and
discusses answers
and sensory images
exercise created by
the teacher.
Link: :
http://www.frostfriends
org/imagery.html for
ideas
. Students write two
lines stanzas about
Academic Strategy
Instructional Strategy and Phase
Students write about the concept:
What is poetry?
Objective
Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
Initial Activities
Development Activities
Students identify
figurative images in a
poem.
___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking
Teacher presents
routine activities and
various examples of
figurative images used
in poetry.
Teacher prepares
examples
Attachment 7.3
Students identify
figurative language with
EU1. My environment influences my identity in both small and large ways every day.
EU2. I engage with poetry through the feelings, emotions, and concise descriptions
the poems elicit.
EU3. There are many sociocultural, political, and personal factors that influence
poets.
Assessment Evidence
Summative Evaluation
Learning Plan
Suggested Learning Activities:
guide questions.
Literal Images (Review on
Link Paragraph:
sensory details from 7.1
(https://www.regent.edu/admin/stusrv/
writingcenter/files/An%20Academic%2
0Paragraph%20Outline.pdf
Link Acrostic Poems
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/poe
try/acrostic/
Closing Activities
Formative Assessment – Other evidence
Materials
Homework
Differentiated Instruction Strategies
___ Special Education
___ LSP/LEP
___ Section 504
___ Gifted
Oral discussion of guide questions
about poetry through paragraph or
acrostic poem with the word poetry.
Oral discussion of sensory
images with examples
provided.
Links:
fileserver.net-texts.com
home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/
images discussed in class.
(Attachment 7.3 Graphic
Organizer: Sensory
Language)
*Students write two line
stanzas using sensory
language.
Students participate orally
presenting two line
stanzas with figurative
language.
their admiration of
Puerto Rico using
literal images (At
least two images
should be included.)
poem given.
(Attachments- 7.3 – 3
poems to identify
figurative language)
Students discuss
figurative language
and example prepared
about admiration of
Puerto Rico
Students discuss
figurative language in
poems given.
EU1. My environment influences my identity in both small and large ways every day.
EU2. I engage with poetry through the feelings, emotions, and concise descriptions
the poems elicit.
EU3. There are many sociocultural, political, and personal factors that influence
poets.
Assessment Evidence
Summative Evaluation
Learning Plan
Suggested Learning Activities:
Teacher Reflection