Unit 1 - POETRY (20 Hours)

  • Unit 1 - POETRY (20 Hours)

    GOALS: 

    By the end of this unit you will be able to 

    1. Read for meaning and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of poetry texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;

    2. Recognize and understand a variety of poetic forms, their textual features and stylistic elements, and be able to demonstrate understanding of how they help to communicate meaning;

    3. Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;

    4. Reflect on and identify your strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies you found most helpful before, during, and after reading.

    • Unit 1 Plan - Poetry Page

                                               "Something well said is something well said,                                                                  but something superbly said is a poem."                   

      Lewis Putnam Turco

      The Poetry Unit will draw on poems from a range of different cultures, countries, and historical periods to allow you to confidently analyze and communicate both orally and in writing the specific meanings and purposes in the readings.

      Poetry genres will include: Japanese Haiku, Acrostic (based on a single word, each letter begins a line in the poem), Elizabethan Sonnet, Nature and Romantic poems, Narrative, Elegy, Ode, Epic, Free Verse, Concrete, Structural, and contemporary Dub Poetry.

      Poets examined will include: William Shakespeare, William Butler Yeats, Li Po, Philip Larkin Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou Dylan Thomas, as well as a number of renowned Canadian poets such as Lorna Crozier and Margaret Atwood.

      "If I read and it makes my body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry."  Emily Dickinson



    • Unit 1 - Resource Folder

      This Resource Folder contains the poems, PowerPoints (PPTX) and other resources that will be used in the Poetry Unit


    • Unit 1 Q&A Forum

      Students to post their questions here.

    • Unit 1 - Time Log Assignment

      Unit 1 Time Logs go here.