POETRY Year 7 English

Getting Knowledge Ready

Using the GNR sheet provided,

brainstorm what you already know about this poetry.

When finished, share your knowledge by pinning your sheets up at the front of the class.

If all else

fails…

write a

poem

What do I

know

about

Poetry?

What

images

come to

mind?

What

words

do I

expect

to see?

Poem Structure

Prose

vs.

Poetry

LEARNING

INTENTIONSUCCESS

CRITERIA

• To visually identify the

difference between

prose and poems.

I wil l be able to explain

in written and verbal

form how I can identify a

poem from a narrative.

Vo

ca

bu

lary

Poetry

Prose

Paragraph

Stanza

Proseuse

PARAGRAPHS

Look at the key words…

use the words you do knowto guess what the unknown

words may mean.

GE

TT

ING

KN

OW

LE

DG

E R

EA

DY

POETRYUSE

STANZA

TYPES OF LANGUAGE

• Uses sentences

and paragraphs

• Sounds similar to

ordinary speech or

writing.

• May or may not be

creative.

• Uses lines and

stanzas.

• Sounds “special” or

more “artistic” than

normal speech.

• Has a main artistic

purpose to share

something personal.

PROSE POETRYContinuous piece of writing.

TYPES OF LANGUAGE

• A basic paragraph

shares an idea

about a topic.

• Each paragraph

will identify the

idea, explain and

provide evidence.

• Focuses on content

and structure.

• A group of lines

that share an idea.

• Stanzas are

separated by an

empty line.

• Stanzas in poetry

are equal to

paragraphs in

prose.

PROSE POETRY

pa

rag

rap

h

sta

nza

CINDERELLA

PROSE OR POETRY?

From dusk to dawn,

From town to town,

Without a single clue,

I seek the tender, slender foot

To fit this crystal shoe.

From dusk to dawn

I try it on

Each damsel that I meet.

And I still lover her so, but oh,

I’ve started hating feet.

The prince had fallen in

love with Cinderella and

wanted to find out who the

beautiful girl was, but he

did not even know hername. He found the glass

slipper that had come off

Cinderella’s foot as she ran

home. The prince said, “I

will find her. The lady whose

foot fits this slipper will be

the one I marry!”.

Which one is a narrative and which one is poetry?

Use the information from GKR to support your answer in a

written response?

ReviewList two examples of prose.

List 1 example of poetry.