Unit Planner Poetry Unit 2, Grade 6, Q-1 Alberto
Unit Planner Poetry Unit 2, Grade 6, Q-1 Alberto
Unit Planner Poetry Unit 2, Grade 6, Q-1 Alberto
Teacher(s) Mr. Ali, Mr. Raymond, Mr. Alberto Subject group and discipline English Language and Literature
Unit title Poetry, the real universal language MYP year 1 Unit duration 4 WEEKS
Statement of inquiry
A poet can use their craft in many ways in order to impact on the reader.
Inquiry questions
Factual: What are some of the key techniques used in poetry? What are the poetic devices in poetry? What is a critical evaluation?
Conceptual: How can a poet use certain techniques to create something that impacts on their audience? How does a poet write a poem?
Debatable: How are poems made memorable? Do poems always need to have a meaning?
iii. ant details and examples to support ideas. Use language and details appropriate for the
audience.
CCSS
Furthermore, a poetry analysis aims to ...
Analyze Fiction and Non-fiction Texts.
Discuss the meaning of a poem: Author’s tone,
Appreciate poetry 554-558 RI 1, RL 4, RL 5
mood, purpose, and theme.
Free Verse 561, 563, 564 RL 5
Discuss the Poetic use of language in a poem: The
Understand Historical Context 561, 563, 564 figurative language and the sound devices.
Read a Variety of Poems Discuss the structure of a poem: The form, stanzas,
lines, and how each contributes to the poem as a
Lyric Poetry 567, 570, 572 RL 5 whole.
Figurative language 567, 568 RL 4 Task 2: Write a Selection of Five Different Poems:
Make Inferences 567, 570, 571, 572 Students will write a range of poems using the forms
Line and Stanza 575, 576 RL 5 and structures studied in this unit.
Reading a narrative poem 583, 586 RL 1, RL 5 Set a mood or tone for the poem and have a theme.
Symbol and Theme 599, RL 2 Follow a particular form such as haiku, free verse,
shape poem, cinquain, sonnet, limerick, lyric, or
Humorous Poetry 605, 609, 611, RL 5 narrative ballad.
Sound Devices 610, 611, RL 3, RL 4 Will use stanzas to divide up the poem into meaningful
Mood and figurative language 616, 618, RL 4 parts.
Commas and Coordinate Adjectives 626 Your Turn: Explore poems further 573
Your Turn: Social Studies Connection Research the Your Turn: Social Studies Connection Research the real story of the Charge of the Light Brigade 591
real story of the Charge of the Light Brigade 591
Your Turn: Increase your appreciation of “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” 593
Your Turn: Increase your appreciation of “The
Charge of the Light Brigade.” 593 Differentiation Please see Teacher’s Edition for these notes
Robert Frost analyzis; The Road Not Taken and Poetry Elements mind map 559
other poems. The Earth is a Living Thing Predicates 567
Foreign Words In English 592 Read aloud / Think aloud for poem 568
Make Inferences from “Gold” 571
Metaphors 573
Steps to reading a poem 575
Graphic organizer for metaphor 576
Choral reading of “The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be” 578
Interpret Meaning of “The Charge of the Light Brigade” 585
Read a Narrative Poem 586
Small group work 589
Think Pair Share 595
Listen to sensory details 597
Explore symbolism in “Fireflies in the Garden” 598
Resources
McDougal Holt, Literature: Teacher’s Edition, Grade 6 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Florida: USA. 2012
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