C.+Objectives+Chart

 __Brainstorming__ : Students will brainstorm the qualities of poetry and guided by teacher will be presented with key elements of literature that comprise the genre of poetry. || __Syllable Graph__: Students will count syllables in poems and create a graph the depicts their findings to be used for future analysis. || __Interactive Instruction__: Students will be taught about the Haiku form. ** || __Writing Activity__: Students will engage in the creation of their own haiku poems. ** || __Discussion__: Students will discuss the power of language and the roll poetry has played during times of war. ** || __Analysis__: Students will analyze the connections across generations with regards to their reactions to war with a focus on war poetry. ** || __Songs__: Students will listen to songs and examine the differences in structure between those songs and the free verse structure of poems. || __Restructuring__: Students will restructure their paraphrased versions of the original sonnet to fit the sonnet form. ||
 * Content Objectives || Assessment of Objective ||
 * Students will be able to identify key elements of literature that comprise the genre of poetry. || **LESSON 1**:
 * Student will be able to analyze the number of syllables in different poems for meaning. || **LESSON 2:**
 * Students will be able to identify the subject and form required in traditional Haiku. || **LESSON 4:
 * Students will be able to write Haikus following traditional criteria. || **LESSON 4:
 * Discuss what purpose poetry plays in war || **Lesson 5:
 * Find correlations between various generations and their reactions to war || **Lesson 5:
 * Examine free verse structure and poetic structure in songs || **Lesson 5**:
 * Students will be able to make use of their knowledge and skills related to poetic form and restructure their paraphrases to fit the sonnet form || **Lesson 4**:

__Discussion & Reflection__: During class discussion and individual reflection with the completion of sentences, students will make connections across genres from songs and song lyrics to poetry. || __Discussion & Brainstorming__: Students will think creatively in order to come up with qualities of poetry as well as in their discussion and analysis of the differences and similarities between song lyrics and poems. || __Modernization__: Students will discuss aspects of the sonnet by Shakespeare and will translate the poem into more current, modern day language. || __Haiku__: During the creation of their haiku's students will make use of descriptive words and the creation of visual images in their writing. ** ||
 * Reading/Literacy Objectives || Assessment of Objective ||
 * Students will be able to make cross genre connections with regards to literature. || <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"> **LESSON 1**:
 * <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;">Students will be able to think creatively and critically. || **LESSON 1**:
 * <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;">Student will be able to paraphrase a poem into modern terms without losing the original meaning || **LESSON** **3**:
 * <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;">Students will be able to use descriptive words to recreate a visual image in writing || **LESSON 4: