Pictures in Words: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 6

• Goal 1: The learner will use language to express individual perspectives drawn from personal or related experience.
  • Objective 1.03: Interact appropriately in group settings by:
    • listening attentively.
    • showing empathy.
    • contributing relevant comments connecting personal experiences to content.
    • monitoring own understanding of the discussion and seeking clarification as needed.
  • Objective 1.04: Reflect on learning experiences by:
    • describing personal learning growth and changes in perspective.
    • identifying changes in self throughout the learning process.
    • interpreting how personal circumstances and background shape interaction with text.
• Goal 2: The learner will explore and analyze information from a variety of sources.
  • Objective 2.02: Use multiple sources of print and non-print information in developing informational materials such as brochures, newsletters, and infomercials by:
    • exploring a variety of sources from which information may be attained (e.g., books, Internet, electronic databases, CD-ROM).
    • distinguishing between primary and secondary sources.
    • analyzing the effects of the presentation and/or accuracy of information.
• Goal 5: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
  • Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
    • reading a variety of literature and other text (e.g., novels, autobiographies, myths, essays, magazines, plays, pattern poems, blank verse).
    • interpreting what impact genre-specific characteristics have on the meaning of the work.
    • exploring how the author's choice and use of a genre shapes the meaning of the literary work.
    • exploring what impact literary elements have on the meaning of the text such as the influence of setting or the problem and its resolution.

Grade 7

• Goal 1: The learner will use language to express individual perspectives in response to personal, social, cultural, and historical issues.
  • Objective 1.03: Interact in group settings by:
    • responding appropriately to comments and questions.
    • offering personal opinions confidently without dominating.
    • giving appropriate reasons that support opinions.
    • soliciting and respecting another person's opinion.
  • Objective 1.04: Reflect on learning experiences by:
    • analyzing personal learning growth and changes in perspective.
    • examining changes in self throughout the learning process.
    • determining how personal circumstances and background shape interaction with text.
• Goal 2: The learner will synthesize and use information from a variety of sources.
  • Objective 2.01: Respond to informational materials that are read, heard, and/or viewed by:
    • monitoring comprehension for understanding of what is read, heard and/or viewed.
    • analyzing the characteristics of informational works.
    • summarizing information.
    • determining the importance of information.
    • making connections to related topics/information.
    • drawing inferences and/or conclusions.
    • generating questions.
• Goal 5: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
  • Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
    • reading a variety of literature and other text (e.g., mysteries, novels, science fiction, historical documents, newspapers, skits, lyric poems).
    • analyzing what effect genre specific characteristics have on the meaning of the work.
    • analyzing how the author's choice and use of a genre shapes the meaning of the literary work.
    • analyzing what impact literary elements have on the meaning of the text such as the influence of setting on the problem and its resolution.