Poetry as Sound and Object

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.03.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background Information
  4. Objectives
  5. Activities
  6. Strategies
  7. Annotated Bibliography
  8. Appendix: Implementing District Standards
  9. References
  10. Notes

Tupac the Poet and Lyricist: The State of Texas vs. Emergent Bilinguals

Debra Denise Jenkins

Published September 2024

Tools for this Unit:

Strategies

Preteaching Academic Language

Preteaching vocabulary words

Anchor charts

Think Pair Share

Providing examples and exemplars

Proving rubrics for final products

Combine all poems created for each activity into a book (there is a possibility to have 4 books from each type of poem)

Use the blind book date strategy to invite others to want to read the collections of student work

Teaching outside of the classroom, as Rod suggested, by hosting two poetry festivals/slams in the community parks (one in December and one in May)

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