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Unit Plan

Water/Ways: The Poetry of Science

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Water is the source of life. It appears in poetry in both peaceful and torrential descriptions; it appears in earth science in its liquid, gaseous, and solid states. Combine these interpretations of our planet's most precious and abundant resource with an innovative cross-curricular unit that focuses on famous poems centered on water.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
poetry, sensory language, the five senses, ralph waldo emerson, langston hughes, t.s. eliot, the statue of liberty, poetry analysis, lyric poetry, the water cycle, water, bodies of water, states of water
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Additional Tags
english language arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Bring in examples of water in its different states, both physically and in videos and photographs
  • Organize a field trip to a local body of water for learners to make observations, or take a walk across campus to observe the school swimming pool for the same purpose
Classroom Considerations
  • Most lessons are designed for grades 7–12, with shortened, modified lessons supplied for grades 1–6
  • Designed in conjunction with a trip to a museum exhibit, but lessons can be adapted to work in their own context
Pros
  • An excellent way to use free verse poetry in a science class, or to use science concepts in a language arts class
  • Uses short stories, screenplays, and poetry as literature in the unit
  • Many works listed are directly referenced in the Common Core standards for reading literature
Cons
  • None