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American Poetry (2020)

Lesson 17

ELA

Unit 11

7th Grade

Lesson 17 of 18

Lesson Overview

Objective

Write a personal poem using imagery, figurative language, allusion, and theme.

Lesson Map

Lesson

Explain the historical significance of the Harlem Renaissance.

Explain the benefits of writing in verse as opposed to prose.

Materials

“The Harlem Renaissance”
“One-Way Ticket”
“The South”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.7

Lesson

Identify and explain the purpose of rhyme scheme.

Materials

“We Wear the Mask”
“Mr. Brown...”
“My Penmanship...”
“All My...”
“Today I Had...”

Standards

RL.7.5

Lesson

Explain why Carl Linder would choose to use free verse rather than verse for his poem.

Materials

“Dreams”
“And 2morrow”
“First Love”

Standards

RL.7.5

Lesson

Identify and analyze how an author uses imagery to convey a theme.

Assess students on basic fluidity of poetry terms: rhyme scheme, verse, free verse, stanzas, lines, alliteration, mood, imagery, sensory details.

Materials

“maggie and milly and molly and may”

Standards

RL.7.2

Lesson

Explain how the imagery affects the mood.

Materials

“I Love the Look of Words”

Standards

RL.7.3

Lesson

Compare and contrast the imagery used to convey mood in a poem and in a painting.

Materials

The Piano Man
“The Weary Blues”

Standards

RL.7.7

Lesson

Identify and explain how personification affects the tone in “Suicide Note from a Cockroach.”

Materials

“Suicide Note...”
“Nuyorican Poets Cafe”

Standards

RL.7.3RL.7.4

Lesson

Explain how the poet uses imagery to develop his point of view.

Materials

“I Apologize ...”

Standards

RL.7.3

Lesson

Explain how the author uses repetition to develop the tone in "Life Doesn't Frighten Me."

Materials

“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”
“Good Hair”

Standards

RL.7.4RL.7.5

Lesson

Identify and analyze the use of onomatopoeia in “The Suicide.”

Materials

“The Suicide”

Standards

RL.7.4

Lesson

Explain the purpose of a staggered line structure in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”

Materials

“The Negro Speaks of Rivers”

Standards

RL.7.5

Lesson

Identify and analyze how the historical context influences the speaker’s point of view in “Ego-Tripping.”

Explain what the lack of grammatical rules reveals about the speaker’s perspective.

Materials

“Ego-Tripping”
“Black is...”

Standards

RL.7.5RL.7.6

Lesson

Explain how the structure of the poem supports the theme.

Materials

“Motto”
“The Heart...”
“G. Yamazawa - "Elementary" (NPS 2014)”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.5

Lesson

Analyze how Franklin Adams develops theme in his poem “Those Two Boys.”

Materials

“Those Two Boys”

Standards

RL.7.2

Lesson

Explain how Anzaldúa uses contrast to develop her theme.

Materials

“To Live in the Borderlands”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.3

Lesson

Explain how the author uses metaphor to develop the theme.

Materials

“The Road Not Taken”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.4

Lesson

Write a personal poem using imagery, figurative language, allusion, and theme.

Standards

W.7.3W.7.3.dW.7.3.e

Lesson

Publicly present poems focusing on volume, eye contact, and body language.

Standards

SL.7.4SL.7.6

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