Lesson Plan
Elements of Poetry
Introduce your students to some of the major structural elements of poetry in this comprehensive lesson.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify twelve structural elements of poems.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Display and read a poem aloud, like Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face by Jack Prelutsky (see Suggested Media).
- Then, have students reread it silently.
- Highlight or point out a stanza and explain that a stanza is a group of lines that are set apart from other groups of lines.
- Tell students that in many genres of writing, text is divided into chunks to make it easier to read, like a chapter in a book, or a scene in a play.
- Explain that a stanza is one element of poetry and today we will be exploring some other elements and types of poetry.