Poetry Unit– ​Updated 6/8 

June Calendar – ELD 

Assignments:
❏ Week 1 (Due Friday, 6/5)
❏ Favorite Poem Flipgrid: 10 points (Turn in to Flipgrid)
❏ Vocabulary Grid: 10 points (Turn in to TurnItIn.com)
❏ Week 2 (Due Friday, 6/12)
❏ Racial Justice Protests Flipgrid: 10 points (Turn in to
Flipgrid)
❏ Poem Rough Draft: 10 points (Turn in to TurnItIn.com)
❏ Week 3 (Due Friday, 6/19)
❏ Poem Final Draft: 20 points (Turn in to TurnItIn.com)
❏ Week 4 (Due Tuesday, 6/23)
❏ Poem Gallery Walk: 10 points (Turn in to Flipgrid)
❏ Class Survey: 5 points (Turn in to Microsoft Forms)

NOTE: This is a ​suggested schedule. ​Remember to spend only ~25 min. per day on each of your classes.
Monday 6/8 Tuesday 6/9 Wednesday 6/10 Thursday 6/11 Friday 6/12

Review slides Record Flipgrid Draft poem Draft poem Poem rough draft +
Vocabulary grid Vocabulary grid Vocabulary grid vocabulary grid due
by 8 p.m.
(TurnItIn.com)

Monday 6/15 Tuesday 6/16 Wednesday 6/17 Thursday 6/18 Friday 6/19

Portfolio reflection Portfolio reflection Portfolio reflection Portfolio reflection Poem final draft due
Revise/edit poem Revise/edit poem Revise/edit poem Revise/edit poem by 8 p.m.
(TurnItIn.com)

Turn in ​all missing

work by today!

Monday 6/22 Tuesday 6/23 Wednesday 6/24 Thursday 6/25 Friday 6/26

Poem gallery walk Poem gallery walk Happy summer! Happy summer! Happy summer!
Class survey Class survey

Class Codes:
Flipgrid – Period 4: russell2395; Period 6: russell9950
TurnItIn.com – Period 4: 24796120; Period 6: 24795048
 Poem Creative Project – ​Updated 6/8

This is a unique moment in history. ​The Covid-19 pandemic and the George Floyd racial justice protests​ have
impacted all of our lives, and the lives of our families, in different ways. We are going to record that together by
writing our own poem. This poem should reflect your experience over the past few months. Write a poem about
your experience with Covid-19 OR the racial justice protests. ​
​
N​OTE: ​This is a planning document to help you get organized. ​You do not need to turn in this document.
Guidelines: Structure (choose one): Word Bank:
Please include in your poem. Please see slides for help with
structure. couplet ​= stanza with two lines
❏ At least 5 vocabulary
quatrain​ = stanza with four lines
words from your grids ❏ Acrostic
❏ At least 3 words in your ❏ Cinquain
stanza​ = paragraph in a poem
home language ❏ Haiku
❏ A specific poem structure ❏ Free verse rhyme scheme​ = rhyming pattern
(see slides) ❏ Lyric
❏ Sonnet

Poem Assignment Rubric ​(20 pts total – Culminating)

Category Meets

Narrative Techniques (​5 pts) ❏ Establish a theme or storyline with a clearly developed purpose
❏ Develop experiences, individuals, and/or events with descriptive
details and and sensory language

Organization ​(5 pts) ❏ Follow a poem structure (see above)

Writing Conventions (​5 pts)
❏ Demonstrate standard English conventions with few errors (i.e.
spelling, grammar, punctuation)
❏ L1: ​with support (including modeled sentences) ​recognize and
use a small number of frequently occurring nouns, noun
phrases, verbs, conjunctions, and prepositions
❏ L2: ​with support (including modeled sentences) ​use frequently
occurring verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and
conjunction
❏ L3: ​with support (including modeled sentences) ​use simple
phrases, clauses, and expand on them in a few complex
sentences
❏ L4: use increasingly complex phrases, clauses; produce and
expand on them
❏ L5:use complex phrases and clauses; produce and explain on
them

Presentation ​(5 pts) ❏ Thoughtfully and creatively present poem through chosen medium
(i.e. Adobe Spark, Flipgrid, or YouTube)
Presentation: ​(5 pts – Culminating)
You will have several options for your presentation. ​NOTE: Your poem should be read/performed aloud in your
presentation. As always, be sure that what you create is school-appropriate content. Please inform Ms. Russell
If you do not want to share your poem with your classmates for the gallery walk activity.

​ ne​ option:
Choose o
❏ Adobe Spark:​ Create an original Adobe Spark slideshow that includes your poem.
❏ Flipgrid: ​Perform your poem on Flipgrid.
❏ YouTube: ​Create an original YouTube video that includes your poem.
❏ Your Idea ​(must be approved by Ms. Russell):
_____________________________________________

Poem Planning Part 1: ​Free Write Brainstorm

Topic Write everything that comes to mind when you think of each topic. Consider your
thoughts, feelings, and those of your family members, friends, and community.
Remember to use descriptive details that engage the senses.

social distancing

school
closure/remote
learning

Covid-19

George Floyd

“I Can’t Breathe”

Black Lives Matter

Poem Planning Part 3: ​Graphic Organizers
Option #1: Acrostic Poem
An acrostic poem is made from a word or phrase spelled vertically.

My Word: PEACE
P→ P​eople

E→ E​verywhere deserve

A→ A​ chance to live safely in

C→ c​ommunity with

E→ E​veryone else.

Your Word: _________________________

NOTE: Your word or phrase might be longer, this is just a template.

Cinquain
A cinquain is a 5-line stanza about one topic.
L1: A title

L2: A phrase that

describes your topic

L3: A phrase that

describes an action
relating to your topic

L4: A phrase that

describes a feeling
relating to your topic

L5: A word that refers

back to your title
Haiku
A haiku is a style of Japanese poem with 3 unrhymed lines. The syllable pattern is 5/7/5. There is usually a
reference to nature in a haiku.

Example:
<Japanese>​
行春や　鳥啼き魚の　目は泪​
Yuku haru ya/ Tori naki uwo no/ Me ha namida​
​
<English>​
Spring is passing.​
The birds cry, and the fishes’ eyes are ​
With tears.

Title

Line 1 (5 syllables)

Line 2 (7 syllables)

Line 3 (5 syllables)

Free Verse
Free verse poems do not have a set rhyme scheme. They are usually written with vivid imagery that engages
the senses.

Topic (Examples) Descriptive details (Imagery nouns and adjectives that engage the senses)

Covid-19

Social distancing

Protests
Sonnet
Use this graphic organizer if you choose to write a sonnet (one of the poem styles). Remember, you are ​not
required​ to turn in this document. It is intended to help you plan before you write your rough draft. Also, feel
free to ​attempt​ iambic pentameter but it is ​not required.​

Resources:
Rhyming Dictionary: ​Rhymer.com
Sonnet Examples: ​The Sonnets

Title:
________________________________________________

Quatrain #1
(4 lines; introduces ________________________________________________ (A)
topic/theme)
________________________________________________ (B)

________________________________________________ (A)

________________________________________________ (B)

Quatrain #2
(4 lines; continues ________________________________________________ (C)
to develop
topic/theme in more ________________________________________________ (D)
detail)
________________________________________________ (C)

________________________________________________ (D)

Quatrain #3
(4 lines; continues ________________________________________________ (E)
to develop
topic/theme in more ________________________________________________ (F)
detail)
________________________________________________ (E)

________________________________________________ (F)

Couplet
(​2 final lines; ________________________________________________ (G)
resolve topic/issue
described in ________________________________________________ (G)
quatrains)