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Unit Name: Author’s Craft (Literary devices and narrative elements) in Poetry and Short Stories
Grade Level: 10th grade
Duration: 8-9 weeks.
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stagger -kegger -sentence
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Accommodations Pre-Assessment Summative Formative Assessments
Assessment
-modeling by teacher and What do you know Poetry:
student examples about poetry? Part 1: Poetry -Creating author’s craft posters
Write your (group work)
-multiple intelligences: We are all poets. own poem and -annotation of a poem - Rose that
interpersonal: pair talk, provide an Grew from Concrete and Trees -
discussion, summarize what Understanding of Artist’s identifying examples and
you just learned, dialogue what ‘author’s craft” Statement that explanations of author’s craft
journal means and how we analyzes the (group and individual)
intrapersonal: reflection describe things in our -rough creation of a poem in a
author’s craft
through writing life. chosen form (e.g. haiku, limerick,
used in your
visual: watch video for Rose free verse) using author’s craft.
that Grew from Concrete, look Imagery activity poem. (group and individual)
at photos and describe them, describing and -analysis of songs: Bob Marley’s
draw what you hear and read. writing about the 5 Concrete Jungle and 2Pac’s Keep
auditory: listen to songs and senses using various Part 2: Short Ya Head Up for author’s craft
identify examples of author’s objects. Stories Write including rhyme.
craft Warmup activity your own short
film: watch a film and track researching chosen story and Short Stories:
the plot devices. types of author’s craft provide an -Identification of author’s craft,
and creating posters Artist’s plot and other literary devices in A
-Outloud reading by teacher to decorate the room. Statement that Tell-tale Heart. (Group work).
and students; provide -Watching Stand By Me and
analyzes the
audiobooks when available. tracking plot and character
author’s craft
development (group work)
-comprehension/analysis and narrative -Analysis of a short story’s use of
strategies: model writing in techniques author’s craft and literary devices
margins, look up words you used in your (plot and character and theme)
dont know or use context story. (Individual)
clues, use the word in a
sentence, draw out the word, JOURNAL: (for completion)
bookmark with metacognitive -poem free writes
strategies. -story free writes