Tulsa Public Schools Virtual High School

English 1 – Semester 2

Poetry Unit

By: Bea Stinson-Hoxie, Beth Holloway, Michael Schroeder and Denise Zablocki-White

PoetrySensory Imagery and Different Forms

Skills Lesson: PoetryImagery: Sensory Imagery

Skills Lesson: Sensory ImageryPoem: Jabberwocky

PoetryDifferent Forms of Poetry

Skills Lesson: Different Forms of PoetryPoetry: Same Song & The LegendPoem: Range-Finder

PoetryMetaphors and Literary Devices

Skills Lesson: MetaphorsPoem: The Courage My Mother HadLiterary Devices: Assonance, Onomatopoeia,

and AlliterationSkills Lesson: Literary DevicesPoem: Root Cellar & Sea FeverPoem: The Bells

PoetryLiterary Devices: Free-Verse

Skills Lesson: Free-VersePoem: I Hear America Singing

An ExplanationThe initial item listed on each slide includes a

video presentation of material being taught. Most presentations last between six and fifteen minutes.

Skill LessonsSkill lessons offer a five question mostly

true/false or multiple choice review. Feedback is given immediately upon submission. When questions are not t/f or multiple choice, suggested answers are given.

These lessons are followed by a ten question true/false, multiple choice quiz.

PoemsPoems at the end of lessons are sometimes

followed by homework/assignments rather than ten question quizzes. Upon submission, the time spent on these assignments is logged and the student is automatically marked as successful.

FeedbackFive question reviews before quizzes let the

student know if her/his answers are correct or not immediately.

The student’s percentage is given immediately upon submission of quizzes.

I did not see a procedure for receiving feedback for homework/assignments.

Delivery-Ready Lesson for Tulsa Virtual High School

Types of Poetry

Assignment 1:

Instead of beginning the lesson on types of poetry with a lecture, there would be a discussion question to provide an anticipatory set to the lesson and build community:

Post a favorite poem or find a poem that you like. Discuss what it is about the poem that you like. Read and comment on two classmates’ postings. (Post by 11:55 PM on Monday, April 24th.)

“Types of Poetry” Lecture

This twelve minute direct instruction provides some valuable information and examples of types of poetry. However, I would build background on the idea of form and function and center the instruction around it.

Assignment 2:

Collaborative Project

•Form a group with another student. (Please email me your group by April 27th .)•Each person will take one type of poetry (lyric or narrative) and read the poems provided on the links below. •Together, create a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the types of poetry. (Be sure to include elements of each type and examples from the poems.)•Post your graphic organizer on the discussion board by 11:55 PM on Wed., May 4th.

Haiku (Lyric) http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/none-is-travelling.htm Lyric http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/dying.htmEpic (Narrative) http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/hiawatha.htmEpic (Narrative) http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/dying.htm

Assignment 3:

Discussion Board Question:Choose one of the poems from assignment 2. Discuss why the poet chose to use the form he or she did to create this poem. Could another form be used effectively? Why or why not? (Post by 11:55 PM on Mon., May 9th .)

Assessment:

This online assessment would offer immediate feedback and be modified to include more open-ended questions and answers and specific application to the poems the students had read.