Poetry: You know = you are Going to Love It

Poetry: You know=20 you are Going to Love It!

Standards Based=20 Unit

A.P. = English=20 Four

By = James=20 Cornett

Culminating=20 Activity

Poetry Writing=20 Task

Journal Writing Entry:

List five aspects about nature that you like. Along with this list, include = why you=20 enjoy these aspects of nature. = Give=20 details=85 Be = Specific=85

Poetry Writing Assignment:

After reading=20 A Poison Tree and Chimney Sweeper from both Songs of = Innocence=20 and Experience, create a poem incorporating the aspects of nature = from the=20 previous journal entry. = In this=20 selection, you will pose a friend and foe involved in a situation that = brings=20 forth a climax and resolution. =

Requirements: =20

q =20 Minimum 3 stanzas (four lines per=20 stanza).

q =20 Must incorporate material from = previous=20 journal entry about nature.

q =20 Must include friend and foe causing a = climax=20 and resolution.

q =20 Must include at least 3-5 rhetorical=20 strategies from student vocabulary lists.

q =20 Must tell a = story!!!!

Poetry Presentation:

Students will read their poetry to the entire Junior class. =20 This will be a dramatic reading of your work. Must show emotion and evoke = your=20 audience.

Rubric:

4 = tells=20 a story/ 3 stanzas/ 3-5 rhetorical strategies/ climax and resolution/=20

=20 incorporates journal = entry

3 = story=20 not as clear/ not 3 full stanzas/ 2 rhetorical strategies/ climax and = resolution=20

=20 not clear/ journal material not fully=20 incorporated

2 =20 unclear story/ only 1 stanza/ only 1 rhetorical strategy/ no = clear climax=20 and =

=20 resolution/ minimal evidence of = journal entry=20 material

1 = story=20 not present/ not a full stanza/ 1 or no rhetorical strategies/ climax = and=20

=20 resolution lacking/ journal entry not=20 incorporated

0 = no=20 story/ not in stanza form/ no rhetorical strategies/ no climax and = resolution/=20

=20 journal entry information non-existent =

Academic Expectations: =

1.2 Students will make sense of the variety of = material that=20 they read.

2.24 Students have knowledge of major works of art, = music,=20 and literature and appreciate creativity and the contributions of the = Arts and=20 Humanities.

Core Content:

AH-H-5.1.31 Identify the elements of literature in = a work=20 that contribute to the understanding of human experience.

AH-H-5.1.32 Analyzes the = features=20 and purposes of literary genres.

WR-H- 1.2 Literary writing artfully communicates = with the=20 reader about the human condition.

RD-H-1.0.8 Interpret the meaning of a passage taken = from=20 texts appropriate for high school.

RD-H-1.0.11 Analyze the affect of theme, conflict, = and=20 resolution, symbolism, irony, analogies, and figurative language.

Learning Goals:

5 Students shall develop their = abilities to=20 think and solve problems in school situations and in a variety of = situations=20 they will encounter in life. =