Poetry Forms Lesson, Grades 3-5: Tanka

Where does a poem change from what you see to how you feel? In about 40 minutes, students learn that a tanka is a five-line poem, usually counted 5-7-5-7-7 syllables in English, whose first three lines paint a picture and whose last two turn to a feeling. They count syllables, finish tanka with two lines of their own, and write one.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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