Name: ________________________________________ Class: ____________

Poetry Unit – 8th Grade Regular/Honors EnglishMr. Parker – Kinard CKMS

Learning Targets:1. I will be able to comprehend the domain vocabulary for the Poetry Unit.

(These words are on the front board of the classroom).2. I will be able to find the distinction between rhythm and meter.3. I will be able to write a Sonnet (which includes a visual and is typed and

printed). (Formative)4. I will be able to TP-CASTT a poem from this packet (Formative).5. I will be able to TP-CASTT a poem from this packet (Summative).6. I will be able to utilize all aspects of the TP-CASTT reading strategy in order to

explicate a poem.

Table of Contents:1. Sonnet Rubric2. Guided Notes – Sonnets3. Iambic Pentameter Chart for an Elizabethan Sonnet4.-7. PowerPoint for Sonnet History/Rhyme Scheme8. TP-CASTT Rubric9. TP-CASTT Definitions/Usage10. Blank TP-CASTT Form (a Word .docx of this is available on the website for you)11. “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg12. “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas13. “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley14. “Sonnet 43” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning15. “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W. B. Yeats16. “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” by 2Pac Shakur17.-18. “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes19. “Valentine for Ernest Mann” by Naomi Shihab Nye20. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks21. “Winter” by Tori Amos22. “The Clod and the Pebble” and “A Poison Tree” by William Blake23. “Apparently with No Surprise” and “I Dwell in Possibility” by Emily Dickinson

Tasks (Some of these will be assigned in Google Classroom):_____ 1. Notes and domain vocabulary are maintained in my ISN. (Open note quiz can happen at any time.)_____ 2. One formative TP-CASTT_____ 3. One typed and printed sonnet (with a visual)_____ 4. One summative TP-CASTT_____ 5. (HONORS ONLY): Read every poem in this packet, whether we discuss it in class or not._____ 6. (HONORS ONLY): Bring in song lyrics (typed) without the name of the song or the artist. Make sure the lyrics are school-appropriate. If you need to delete some words in order to so, that is all right.