The Sound of Words: An Introduction to Poetry

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.04.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview/Content
  2. Rationale
  3. Strategies
  4. Classroom Activities
  5. Bibliography
  6. AP English Language Vocabulary List - Appendix A
  7. Implementing District Standards (Part I - English) - Appendix B
  8. Implementing District Standards (Part II - Reading) - Appendix C
  9. Implementing District Standards (Part III - TIA) - Appendix D
  10. Implementing District Standards (Part IV - ISBE) - Appendix E
  11. Notes

Discovering Voice

Andrea Frances Kulas

Published September 2009

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Notes

1. Frost, Robert. Collected Poems, Proses, and Plays. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1995.

2. SOAPStone is a classroom strategy that is discussed more in depth later on in this unit.

3. Phelan, Bernie. "Rhetorical Sitation." Chicago: College Board, August 2008.

4. Sedgwick, Fred. Teaching Literacy. London: Continuum International Publishing, 2002.

5. The College Board. The AP English Literature and Composition Exam. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_eng_lit_frq.pdf (accessed June 2009).

6. —. The AP English Literature and Composition Exam. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap07_eng_lit_frq.pdf (accessed June 2009).

7. Brown, Annaya. Using Hip-Hop in Schools: Are We Appreciating Culture or Raping Rap? 2008. http://www.ncte.org/magazine/archives/123024 (accessed July 2009).

8. Bradley, Adam . Book of Rhymes. New York: Basic Citvas Publisher, 2009.

9. Pinksy, Robert. The Sounds of Poetry. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998.

10. For more examples of traditional accentual-syllabic meters University of North Carolina Greensboro offers a great website that breaks down the meters down to eight feet and offers examples from traditional literature for each of the accentual-syllabic meters presented.

11. Culatta, Barbara, Kendra Hall, Dana Kovarsky, and Geraldine Theadore. "Contextualized approach to language and literacy (Project CALL): capitalizing on varied activities and contexts to teach early literacy skills.(." Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2007.

12. Bradley, Adam. Book of Rhymes. New York: Basic Citvas Publisher, 2009.

13. Frost, Robert. Collected Poems, Proses, and Plays. New York: Litearary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1995.

14. Ibid.

15. Morse, Ogden. AP Central. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/preap/teachers_corner/45200.html (accessed July 2, 2009).

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