UNIT:

English Grade 7

The Power of Poetry

FOCUS:
Enduring Understanding or EssentialQuestion

• How do figurative language and poetic devices enhance my understanding and appreciation of poetry?
• How can I use figurative language and poetic devices to express my personal ideas and experiences?
• How can a poet's life and work be reflected in student-created poetry?

MSDE Voluntary State Curriculum: Reading/English Language Arts Standards/Core Learning Goals

• Students will read, comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate literary texts.
  • Apply comprehension skills by reading and analyzing a variety of self-selected and assigned literary texts
    • Listen to critically, read, and discuss a variety of literary texts representing diverse cultures, perspectives, ethnicities, and time periods
    • Listen to critically, read, and discuss a variety of literary forms and genres
  • Analyze elements of poetry to facilitate understanding and interpretation
    • Use structural features to distinguish among types of poetry
    • Analyze the author's purposeful use of language
      • Analyze how specific language choices contribute to meaning and create style
      • Analyze language choices that create tone
      • Analyze figurative language that contributes to meaning and/or creates style
      • Analyze imagery that contributes to meaning and/or creates style
      • Analyze elements of style and their contribution to meaning
• Students will read, comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate informational texts.
  • Apply comprehension skills by selecting, reading, and interpreting a variety of print and electronic informational texts
    • Read, use, and identify the characteristics of primary and secondary sources of academic information
• Students will compose effective expressive, informational, and persuasive writing.
  • Write to express personal ideas
  • Write a variety of forms for personal expression
    • Poetry, such as dramatic, lyric, narrative, and comic
      

BCPSGrade 7 English Language Arts Curriculum Indicators

BCPS Library Media Indicators

See Voluntary State Curriculum above.

• Use reference skills in order to locate information in a variety of sources (LG-3)
• Use research skills in order to evaluate, select, record, and reorganize information (LG-3)
• Use critical thinking skills in order to solve research problems (LG-3)
  

2A
1. Match resources to topic of interest or need.
3. Define and refine an information need by formulating compelling/effective questions.
3A
1. Use print resources efficiently and effectively.           
2. Use non-print resources efficiently and effectively.
3. Use computer/online/digital resources efficiently and effectively.
6. Evaluate the content of specific computer/online/digital resources to determine accuracy and relevance of content.
7. Use appropriate graphic organizers or note cards to record relevant information. 
8. Use own words to capture concepts and avoid plagiarism.
9. Record appropriate bibliographic information to cite sources.
5A
2. Apply critical thinking and problem solving strategies.
6A
1. Make decisions to facilitate effective communication of ideas.
7A
1. Exhibit respect for the intellectual property rights of others.

 National English Language Arts Curriculum Content Standards

Standards for the English Language Arts sponsored by NCTE and IRA)

• Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.
• Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
• Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and non-print texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.
• Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge

National Information LIteracy Content Standards (ALA)

AASL Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning

• Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
• Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.
• Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.
• Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.

National Technology Education Standards for Students

(ISTE)

• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
• Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.
• Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.