general objective:
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to learn and use the elements of poetry, particularly sound devices, rhetorical devices, and
poetic form, to gain appreciation for the poetry genre and to write analytically about poetry.
McDougall Littell (2009) objectives:
1. Literary Analysis
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to recognize characteristics of a variety of forms of poetry, including lyric poetry, elegy,
concrete poetry, ode, ballad, dramatic monolgue, sonnet, free verse
to analyze form, including line and stanza
to analyze figurative language, including metaphor, simile, and personification
to analyze imagery
to analyze sound devices, including repetition, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, rhyme,
rhythm, and meter
to analyze speaker
2. Reading
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to use reading strategies, including visualizing and connecting
to make inferences
to synthesize ideas from multiple sources
to paraphrase
3. Writing and Grammar
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to write a personal response
to support key ideas with details and quotations
to write concisely
to use descriptive language effectively
to use participles and participial phrases
to use infinitives and infinitive phrases
4. Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
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to create a multimedia presentation
5. Academic Vocabulary
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line
stanza
figurative language
sound devices
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speaker
imagery
visualize
synthesize
paraphrase
Minnesota Department of Education objectives Communications 9-12:
http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Academic_Excellence/Academic_Standards/Language_Arts/index
.html