Unit Topic: English Language Arts - Poetry

Grade Level: 7th

Standard/Objective
Standard 7: Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version,
analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a
film).

KNOW
Students will
- Use evidence from texts to support reasoning
- Find, use, and cite outside sources to support reasoning
- Stretch grammatical components creatively
- Understand different ways to present spoken word

KEY CONTENT AREA VOCABULARY/TERMS

Analyze
Alliteration

Compare and Contrast

Connote
Critique
Denote
Figurative
Metaphor
Personification

Textual Evidence
Rhyme Scheme
Rhetorical Effect

UNDERSTAND
Students will understand that
- Audience is important to consider for communication.
- Different approaches result in different effects.

DO
Students will be able to
- Compare and contrast written work to its audio/visual form
- Submit written work to employers/colleges/publishers
- Critique different forms of poetry and use acquired knowledge when writing ones own work
- Analyze the rhetorical effects of techniques used