Along with addressing the Connecticut state literacy standards, the objectives for this unit include:
- Students will learn that poets use sound devices to make poems sound better and to create vivid images
- Students will be able to identify the sound devices of alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, and repetition
- Students will be able to recite/perform poems with attention to rhythm and tone
- Students' oral language and literacy levels will improve as a result of increasing vocabulary, phonemic awareness skills, and fluency practice
