Unit+5+-+Poetry

=**Essential Questions: **= = = =**C ****ompetencies: **=
 * **What is poetry?**
 * **How is poetry different from prose?**
 * **What are the elements and structures of poetry that deepen the understanding of poetry?**
 * **How does a reader identify, respond to, analyze, and compare the elements of poetry?**
 * **Why do people write poetry?**
 * **Why has poetry remained such a popular form of expression throughout history?**
 * **What does poetry mean to me?**
 * **Can we understand a poem without understanding the poet?**
 * **How do we recognize a theme in a poem if there is one?**
 * What is the purpose of imagery, sound devices, and symbolism?
 * __Writing: Conventions:__ Students will be able to apply Standard English rules to communicate effectively.


 * __Vocabulary:__ Students will apply and acquire vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, writing, and the use of vocabulary strategies.


 * __Speaking and Listening:__ Students will demonstrate the ability to speak, listen and view effectively for a variety of purposes.


 * __Reading Literacy Competency:__ Students will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print literary texts.

= = =Poems:=

Beauty Theme:
[|Robert Frost]

[|Nature poems]

[|"Snowy Owl Goddess"]

[|"I wandered lonely as a cloud"]

Identity Theme:
[|"My Only Guarantee"]

[|"The Man in the Glass"]

[|"Don't Quit"]

[|"On Turning 10"]