Unit 7: Pattern Poems
Unit 7: Pattern Poems (Villanelle and Sonnet)
Essential Questions and Skills:
What is a villanelle and how is it an example of a pattern poem? How does the structure of a villanelle add to the message of the poet? How does the poet use the villanelle form to show the speaker’s attitude? What are the different forms of the sonnet? How does the volta change the direction of the sonnet? How does the meter of the sonnet affect tone and meaning? How do poets use the sonnet structure to present themes and motifs? How can you annotate a pattern poem for identification of genre? How can you annotate a poem for literary techniques and structure?
Materials:
Perrine’s Structure, Sound, and Sense
Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone.
“Basic Sonnet Forms” Nelson Miller (Cayuse Press Writers Exchange Board)
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” Dylan Thomas
“One Art” Elizabeth Bishop
“London 1802” William Wordsworth
“Sonnet LIV” Edmund Spenser
“Sonnet VIII” William Shakespeare
“Ozymandias” Percy Shelley
“the sonnet ballad” Gwendolyn Brooks
“The New Colossus” Emma Lazarus
Assessments:
A. Timed Annotation Quiz
B. Time AP Style Essay
C. Weekly vocabulary assessments
D. Weekly exercises from Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone.
E. Student generated AP style multiple choice questions
Essential Questions and Skills:
What is a villanelle and how is it an example of a pattern poem? How does the structure of a villanelle add to the message of the poet? How does the poet use the villanelle form to show the speaker’s attitude? What are the different forms of the sonnet? How does the volta change the direction of the sonnet? How does the meter of the sonnet affect tone and meaning? How do poets use the sonnet structure to present themes and motifs? How can you annotate a pattern poem for identification of genre? How can you annotate a poem for literary techniques and structure?
Materials:
Perrine’s Structure, Sound, and Sense
Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone.
“Basic Sonnet Forms” Nelson Miller (Cayuse Press Writers Exchange Board)
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” Dylan Thomas
“One Art” Elizabeth Bishop
“London 1802” William Wordsworth
“Sonnet LIV” Edmund Spenser
“Sonnet VIII” William Shakespeare
“Ozymandias” Percy Shelley
“the sonnet ballad” Gwendolyn Brooks
“The New Colossus” Emma Lazarus
Assessments:
A. Timed Annotation Quiz
B. Time AP Style Essay
C. Weekly vocabulary assessments
D. Weekly exercises from Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone.
E. Student generated AP style multiple choice questions