Poetry

      Week 1	SWBAT define poetry and identify poetic devices
SWBAT recognize examples of poetic devices
SWBAT respond to poems in their reading journals
SWBAT recognize where to pause when reading a poem.	
		
Week 2
	SWBAT create examples of poetic devices
SWBAT evaluate the themes of poems
SWBAT examine, identify, create examples of odes	
		
Week 3	SWBAT examine, identify, create examples of autobiographical poems	
		
Week 4	SWBAT examine, identify, create examples of haikus, freeverse poems	
		
Week 5	SWBAT assemble and revise created poems to make poetry anthology.
*EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: poetry slam day, bring a poem (song) day, create your own magnetic poetry day	
		
Assessment	SWBAT create anthology of original poetry that adheres to poetic forms/devices taught in class.	
		
Possible Texts	Where the Sidewalk Ends, Hip-Hop and the Classics in the Classroom, Bronx Masquerade, The Rose that Grew from Concrete	
		
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