HMH Poetry Lesson

Multiple Choice

Which one of these are in the structure of a poem?

• The Dancing of the Seasons

• The Secret of the Whispering Woods

Open Ended

What are some things you can write poems about?

Sentence Starter: I can write poems about__________?

Multiple Choice

How many lines are in this poem?

• 12
• 15
• 8
• 10

Multiple Choice

Stanzas are like the paragraphs of poems.

How many stanzas are there?

• 7

• 3

• 4

• 2

Open Ended

What are some other rhyming words that are present in the poem?

Draw

Underline or box all of the words that we need to look at to figure out our rhyme scheme.

Draw

Label the rhyme scheme

Open Ended

How many lines and stanzas does this poem have?

Use the table of contents to find The Poem That Will Not End.

Start reading the prepare to read page, look at the cover!

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HMH Book

Assignment

1. Using your poem already chosen present the following:

2. Make sure to present the title of your poem and the following:

   1. How many stanzas and lines

   2. Does it rhyme? If so what is the rhyme scheme?

   3. Does it have any figurative language?

   4. What is the topic & main idea?

​A brother & his love for bananas. Pg. 147

​​Going Bananas

A boy & his skateboard! Pg. 155

​​Skate Board

Peas, Peas, Peas! Pg. 156

​​Peas

A boy being the author of his own story! Pg. 157

​​Conductor

Assignment

1. Find a poem that we have not covered and dissect it.

2. Make sure to present the title of your poem and the following:

   1. How many stanzas and lines

   2. Does it rhyme? If so what is the rhyme scheme?

   3. Does it have any figurative language?

   4. What is the topic & main idea?