I AM OFFERING THIS POEM • THE WRITER • HUGGING THE JUKEBOX
Standards Support Through Teaching and Learning Cycle
IDENTIFY NEEDS
Analyze results of the Beginningof-Year Assessment, focusing on
the items relating to Unit 2. Also
take into consideration student
performance to this point and
your observations of where
particular students struggle.
DECIDE AND PLAN
• If students have performed poorly on items matching these standards, then provide selection
scaffolds before assigning them the on-level lesson provided in the Student Edition.
• If students have done well on the Beginning-of-Year Assessment, then challenge them to
keep progressing and learning by giving them opportunities to practice the skills in depth.
• Use the Selection Resources listed on the Planning pages for this Poetry Collection to help
students continually improve their ability to master the standards.
Instructional Standards: Poetry Collection
ANALYZE AND REVISE
• Analyze student work for
evidence of student learning.
• Identify whether or not
students have met the
expectations in the standards.
• Identify implications for future
instruction.
TEACH
Implement the planned lesson,
and gather evidence of student
learning.
Reading
Catching Up
This Year
Looking Forward
Review with students how
to identify the main idea of a
text. Remind students that the
main idea is not always stated
explicitly.
RL.2 Determine a theme
or central idea of a text and
analyze its development over
the course of the text, including
how it emerges and is shaped
and refined by specific details;
provide an objective summary
of the text.
Have students select a theme
from one of the poems and
write their own poem around
that theme.
You may wish to administer the
Theme and Symbol worksheet
to help students understand
how to identify the theme of
a text.
Speaking
and
Listening
You may wish to administer the
Oral Presentation worksheet
to help students understand
what makes an effective
presentation.
SL.6 Adapt speech to a
variety of tasks demonstrating
command of formal English
when indicated or appropriate.
You may wish to challenge
students to perform their
Reader’s Theater or show
their video presentation to a
community-based organization.
Language
You may wish to administer the
Latin root -lum- worksheet to
help students understand that
knowing the meaning of roots
helps them unlock the meaning
of many words.
L.4b Identify and correctly use
patterns of word changes that
indicate different meanings or
parts of speech.
Have students identify other
Latin roots that mean “light”
and find several words that
have this root.
You may wish to administer the
Figurative Language worksheet
to help students understand
the effectiveness of figures of
speech.
L.5 Demonstrate
understanding of figurative
language, word relationships,
and nuances in word meanings.
You may wish to challenge
students to rewrite one of the
poems, selecting words and
phrases and replacing them
other figurative language.
Small-Group Learning
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