A 23-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when introducing students to poetic devices.
Poetry is an extremely broad genre of imaginative writing. As teachers, it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin!
This PowerPoint presentation has been designed to introduce your students to five commonly used poetic devices. It provides an overview and example of the following:
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and rea...
Explain figurative language such as simile, metaphor, and personification that the poet uses to create images;
Compose literary texts such as personal narratives and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to use appropriate fluency (rate...
Explain the use of sound devices and figurative language and distinguish between the poet and the speaker in poems across a variety of poetic forms;
Compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft;
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