Exploring the Structure of Poetry: Stanza, Rhyme, and Meter

1. Learning Objective Today we will explain the overall structure of poetry CFU What are we going to do today? In your own words, what does ________ mean? ________ means __________. Activate Prior Knowledge What are your favorite lines of a song? Academic Vocabulary Connection Today we will see how rhyme and other elements of poetry fit together to create meaning

2. Concept Development A stanza is a group of lines that fit together because of their rhyme scheme. Poems are organized by groups of lines called stanzas. A stanza in a poem is like a paragraph in a story. Often a new idea or image appears in each stanza. Rhyme is created when two words sound alike. A poem may have a rhyme scheme. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming words in a poem. Meter is the number of syllables in a line and how those syllables are accented. The meter helps to create the rhythm of the poem This poem has 1 stanza Rhyme-The first line rhymes with 2nd line. The 3rd line rhymes with the 4th line. Line 5 and 6 rhyme Meter- line 1 has 11 syllables Line 2 has 9 syllables Line 3 has 10 syllables Line 4 has 10 syllables Line 5 has 11 syllables Line 6 has 10 syllables • For Example • Spaghetti by Shel Silverstein • Spaghetti, spaghetti, all over the place,Up to my elbows---up to my face,Over the carpet and under the chairs,Into the hammock and wound round the stairs,Filling the bathtub and covering the desk,Making the sofa a mad mushy mess Scheme - arrangement Academic Vocabulary CFU TPS- What is a stanza? What is the idea of the stanza? What image forms in your mind as you read each line of the stanza what is rhyme? What is meter? 1

3. Steps to Complete the Skill: 1 2 Skill Development/Guided Practice Read each line and think about the idea or image of the stanza that the author is creating As you read identify the rhyme and meter of the poem How many stanzas does the poem have? What is the idea or image created in each stanza? In the first stanza the author creates the image of a canary . In the second stanza, is about how the singing of the bird delighted Mary. What is the rhyme scheme? What is the meter? Fellow- friend Slender- thin Canary- bird Academic Vocabulary CFU (process questions): Tps- how did I determine the idea or image of the poem?

4. Steps to Complete the Skill: 1 2 Skill Development/Guided Practice Read each line and think about the idea or image of the stanza that the author is creating As you read identify the rhyme and meter of the poem How many stanzas does the poem have? What is the idea or image created in each stanza? Winter is Coming Winter is coming! The wind that blowsHard from the north, from the land of snows,Nips the fingers and reddens the nose,Whips the branches and tugs the clothesAnd strips the tree,Till nothing is left of her yellow attire;And hoar frost streaks the chocolatey mire,And crows string like crotchets along the wire,And wanderers think of home and fire,And so do we.--Shirley Hughes What is the rhyme scheme? What is the meter? Hoar- frost Mire- mud Crochets- needle work Academic Vocabulary CFU (process questions): Tps- how did I determine the idea or image of the poem?

5. Relevance Why is it important to understand the structure of poetry? It helps us better understand what the poem is about

6. Steps to Complete the Skill: 1 2 Closure Read each line and think about the idea or image of the stanza that the author is creating As you read identify the rhyme and meter of the poem How many stanzas does the poem have? What is the idea or image created in each stanza? What is the rhyme scheme? What is the meter? Simulator a machine that create a likeness to an environment Academic Vocabulary