
However, most of what is presented is appropriate for other middle school grades as well as for high school. I teach eighth graders in an urban middle school, and so had my own students in mind when creating this unit. The decision to write this unit stemmed from an awareness that many middle school students lack experience in both of these areas.

The second objective is to create a framework that enables students to experience success in the close reading of poetry. The first objective is to introduce the concept of form in poetry and its importance to the poem's overall impact.

Studying the Sonnet: An Introduction to the Importance of Form in Poetry by Lynn Marsico OverviewĪlthough this curriculum unit will focus on the sonnet and its history from Petrarch to contemporary times, two core objectives have guided its development.
