Studying Poetry

Poetry Unit Learning Objectives:

1. The Nature and Value of Poetry:
   Be able to articulate what poetry is, how it varies from other forms of discourse, and why it has been of value both generally and personally.
2. Poetry Across Time and Media:
   Read examples of poetry that exemplify different literary periods and their media contexts, including
1. spoken/performed poetry (mostly from the distant past); 
2. written or printed poetry (mostly from the Renaissance through the 20th century); and 
3. digitally mediated poetry (20th-21st centuries); 
3. Genres and Literary Form in Poetry:
1. Read examples of and know the characteristics of three basic genres of poetry: narrative poetry, dramatic poetry, and lyric poetry. 
2. Understand, identify, and begin to make interpretations of poetry based on diction (word choice); narrative point of view; rhythm and rhyme, and figurative language.
4. Creating or Memorizing Poetry:
   Become more acquainted with the feeling of form by
1. Memorizing and reciting a brief famous poem (from a set list of choices)
2. Composing a sonnet
5. Poetry on Digital-Social platforms (Amazon, Kindle, Goodreads, and Audible)
   Explore and participate on digital-social platforms in order to understand and critique contemporary poetry study. Activities will include
1. Curating texts (virtual shelf of poetry ebooks on Goodreads; online and on-device collections of ebooks for Kindle)
2. Reading, annotating, and sharing excerpts via Kindle
3. Listening to an audiobook version of poetry from Audible or Librivox
4. Watching, evaluating, and responding to video poetry.
5. Participating in online discussions of poetry