Terminal Objective: Enabling Objectives Learners will summarize a poem in plain English.

Learners will identify content elements of poetry . Assessment Idea Absorb Activity Do Activity Short written response scored with rubric; scored by instructor. Assigned docs: sample poem with paraphrase in plain English. Learners are given a poem and three sample summaries in plain English. Learners should then pick the summary that best summarizes the poem using the criteria outlined and explain why that choice is the best one in terms of the given criteria. Presentation: model Label exercise: of analysis of learners will use a figurative language drag and drop label and literary devices exercise to match used in sample figurative language poem (Prezi with and literary devices multimedia used in a poem to embedded, terms provided. accompanied by Feedback and hints text-only discussion will be available for

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Learners will identify figurative language and literary devices used in a poem.

Example quest: Given a list of common figures of speech and literary devices, learners will locate examples of figurative language and literary devices and post them in

After summarizing a given poem in plain English, respond to the following questions: what parts of a given poem are most difficult to summarize in plain English? What is

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the difference between your affective response to the plain English paraphrase and the poetry?

Learners will identify the imagery (tactile, aural, visual, olfactory, gustatory, or synesthetic) in a poem. Learners will distinguish between formal and informal language and other stylistic choices of the poet. Learners will describe the persona of the speaker and the point of view in a poem.

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Brief presentation (document) followed by poems with pop-up labels for kinds of imagery.

Sort activity: Learners will sort examples into formal and informal categories

Presentation: Prezi with multimedia embedded, accompanied by text-only discussion for visually impaired. Presentation: Prezi with multimedia embedded (video on persona/speaker/po int of view).

Quiz game: learners will be able to play a quiz game that requires them to identify the kind of imagery in a given piece of poetry, with the goal of scoring at least 80 points. Sort activity with hints and answer key (looks like the assessment).

Learners will submit one example of formal language in a poem and one example of informal language in a poem.

Short written response scored with rubric; submitted to instructor.

Structured response: learners will be given a response form that includes an outline of what a

paragraph describing persona and point of view should look like, then be asked to fill in the blanks.

Terminal Objective: Learners will identify formal elements of the rhythm, genre of the poem) Enabling Assessment Idea Absorb Activity Objectives Learners will Sort activity: Presentation: audio distinguish Learners will sort lecture on between free poems into free distinction between verse and verse or structured free verse and structured poetry poetry categories. structured poetry, along with assigned docs (examples of each). Learners will Matching exercise Brief presentation identify poetic using a terms bank (document) devices in a poem followed by poems (e.g. alliteration). with pop-up labels for kinds of poetic

poem (e.g. rhyme scheme, predominating Do Activity Looks like assessment activity, but provides feedback, hints, and second chance at answering questions. Looks like assessment activity, but with answers and hints provided. Connect Activity

Learners will identify the rhyme scheme and meter in structured poetry.

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devices. Presentation: narrated PowerPoint on rhyme scheme and meter.

Learners will identify specific genres of poetry.

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Learners will use a meter key to identify the predominant meter in three poems. Once the learner selects the meter, their answer will be followed with automated feedback and hints. Learners will also do the same kind of exercise for rhyme scheme. PoetryFoundation.o Given a list of the rg Poetry Lab poem major genres of genres page: poetry, learners will guided tour of kinds categorize poems of genres, with using the provided encouragement to description of each students to explore genre. a specific example of each genre.

Learners will be asked to compose a short structured poem that adheres to the form specified in the definition of the form.

Terminal Objective: Learners will describe the impact of a poem on a typical reader Enabling Assessment Idea Absorb Activity Do Activity Connect Activity Objectives

Learners will identify connections between content elements of a poem and formal elements of a poem.

Short written response scored by instructor using a rubric.

Presentation (short video) modeling analysis of content elements and how they connect to formal elements of a poem, plus assigned docs (form/content checklist) Presentation: Prezi on the distinction between subjective and textually supported reactions, followed by storytelling (expert): Learners will view examples of subjective and textually supported reactions in to a poem by viewing

Learners will distinguish between purely subjective reactions to a poem and reactions supported by specific moments in a text.

Sorting activity: given a poem, learners will sort sample responses to the poem into subjective and textually supported responses. Responses labeled as supported by the text will trigger a follow-up question asking the learner to identify the portion of the

Discussion: learners will identify the connection between form and content in a poem chosen by the learner. These responses will be shared on the discussion board. Learners will be given a poem, then asked to create a purely subjective response to a poem, then revise the response to include reactions supported with specific moments from the text.

Learners will create their own Favorite Poem response (http://www.favoritepoem.o rg), in which they identify a favorite poem, the context in which the poem was originally encountered (storytelling), and why the poem is a favorite with reference to specific moments in the text.

poem that supports the reaction.

videos from Robert Pinskys Favorite Poem Project, in which participants present on a poem that is personally meaningful to them and explain in some detail how the details of the poem contribute to their enjoyment. Assigned docs: branching checklist to aid students in distinguishing between subjective and textually supported readings of a poem.

Learners will identify specific moments in a

Extended written response scored using a rubric.

text to support tentative critical readings of a text.