Poetry Forms Lesson, Grades 3-5: Narrative Poems

How can a poem tell a whole story? In about 40 minutes, students learn that a narrative poem is a poem that tells a story, with characters, a setting, a problem and an ending, told in stanzas that each move the story on. They follow a story stanza by stanza and tell a small story of their own.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 2 pages
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 8 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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