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English · Grade 4

Compare Literary Forms and Viewpoints

Children read the same original event told three ways (a story, a poem and a short play) to compare the structures of prose, poetry and drama, then compare first-person and third-person narration and what each viewpoint lets the reader know.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 minutes
  • Forms and viewpoints check: 7 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Explain major differences between prose, poems and drama.
  • Use the terms verse, stanza, rhythm, meter and rhyme when writing or speaking about a poem.
  • Identify the structural elements of drama: cast of characters, setting, dialogue and stage directions.
  • Compare first-person and third-person narration and what each viewpoint reveals.

Lessons

  1. One event, three forms 5 steps2 practiceabout 24 min
  2. How poems are built 4 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  3. How plays are built 4 steps2 practiceabout 24 min
  4. Who is telling the story? 4 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  5. Forms and viewpoints check 7 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sentence TheatreYour words direct the show: change a word and the stage changes too.
  • Missing ChapterA page has gone missing. Use the clues to put the right one back.

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