Ideal for Valentines Day, but fun for any time of year! This mini unit covers 5 Days on a block schedule, and is easily adjusted to reduce or increase the number of days if needed. This set of slides covers basic poetic language (stanza sizes, sonnet form, types of rhyme, iambic pentameter, end marks, and scansion), examples of both Shakespearian and modern sonnets, plus a poem written by AI. A formative assessment is embedded into the mini-unit, in which students must scan poems for iambic pent