Lesson 5: Free Verse
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
Students will understand the characteristics of free verse, analyze its use in expressing diverse voices and perspectives, and create original free verse poems
How does the freedom from traditional poetic constraints in free verse allow poets to more effectively express personal experiences, diverse perspectives, and unique rhythms of language?
RL.11-12.9
W.11-12.5
SL.11-12.4
L.11-12.5
DOK 1-4
Provide varying levels of complexity in the free verse examples analyzed.
Offer graphic organizers or sentence starters for writing.
Allow students to choose their subject and style.
Provide options for alternative presentation formats (e.g., audio recording, visual presentation).
Provide varying levels of scaffolding for the writing process.
- Class participation and discussions.
- Written analysis of free verse examples.
- Original free verse poem writing and presentation