Poetry

Rhyme, alliteration, repeated lines, stanzas, line breaks, and writing a short poem.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 51

A poem plays with words and sounds. Let's read one. Tap Read it to me.
Poems are written in lines. The poet chooses where each line breaks. A group of lines is a stanza. This poem has two stanzas.
Snow, slow, and glow rhyme: they end with the same sound. Many poems rhyme at the ends of lines.
Silly squirrels scurry: the words start with the same sound. That's alliteration! And Leaves are falling comes back again: a repeated line.
Now you're the poet! Write a short poem about the woods. Finish each line. Try to make line two rhyme with line one, and line four rhyme with line three. Use the word bank if you like.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

2.T.T.4.a — Identify, classify, and describe poetic techniques used to craft texts, including rhyme, alliteration, repeated lines, stanzas, and line breaks.
2.T.T.4.b — Use poetic techniques to create poems using words and/or phrases that may or may not rhyme.