Poetry Forms Lesson, Grades 3-5: Two-Voice Poems

How would you read a poem in two columns? In about 40 minutes, students learn that a two-voice poem is written for two readers: Voice 1 reads the left column, Voice 2 the right, and a line in both columns on the same row is read together. They mark which lines are read together, say what the shared lines show, see how the form borrows a play's speaking parts, and write 8 rows with a partner.

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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