Terminal Objective: Learners will identify content elements of poetry .

Enabling Objectives Learners will summarize a poem in plain English. Assessment Idea Short written response scored with rubric; scored by instructor.

Learners will identify figurative language and literary devices used in a poem.

Example quest: Given a list of common figures of speech and literary devices, learners will locate examples of figurative language and literary devices and post them in the discussion forum.

Learners will identify the imagery (tactile, aural, visual, olfactory, gustatory, or synesthetic) in a poem.

MC Quiz

Learners will distinguish between formal and informal language and other stylistic choices of the poet.

Sort activity: Learners will sort examples into formal and informal categories

Learners will describe the persona of the speaker and the point of view in a poem.

Short written response scored with rubric; submitted to instructor.

Terminal Objective: Learners will identify formal elements of the poem (e.g. rhyme scheme, predominating rhythm, genre of the poem) Enabling Objectives Learners will distinguish between free verse and structured poetry Assessment Idea Sort activity: Learners will sort poems into free verse or structured poetry categories.

Learners will identify poetic devices in a poem (e.g. alliteration).

Matching exercise using a terms bank

Learners will identify the rhyme scheme and meter in structured poetry.

MC Quiz

Learners will identify specific genres of poetry.

MC Quiz

Terminal Objective: Learners will describe the impact of a poem on a typical reader Enabling Objectives Learners will identify connections between content elements of a poem and formal elements of a poem. Assessment Idea Short written response scored by instructor using a rubric.

Learners will distinguish between purely subjective reactions to a poem and reactions supported by specific moments in a text.

Sorting activity: given a poem, learners will sort sample responses to the poem into subjective and textually supported responses. Responses labeled as supported by the text will trigger a followup question asking the learner to identify the portion of the poem that supports the reaction.

Learners will identify specific moments in a text to support tentative critical readings of a text.

Extended written response scored using a rubric.