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3.4.1 Intensive Reading: Poetry
English · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Structure of a poem: title, poet, lines, stanzas, refrain
- Comparing how poems break into stanzas and how that shape carries a message
- Short poems on hygiene, HIV and AIDS, and COVID-19
What you will be able to do
- explain the structure of poems
- analyse the structure of varied simple poems
- read short poems addressing varied societal issues
- appreciate the poem’s structure in communicating a message
Key questions
“Why do people write poems?”
“What makes a poem interesting?”
Lessons
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Title, lines and stanzas
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizA poem’s structure is title, poet, lines grouped in stanzas, and sometimes a refrain.
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How structure carries a health message
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCompare two poem shapes and say how a short stanza, a refrain or a list of lines serves hygiene, HIV facts or COVID care.