1. Writer’s Workshop Launching – Day 2
Teaching Point: Writers revisit narrative elements to gain a deeper understanding of their purpose for writing. They use mentor poems to make connections and gather seed ideas for their writing.
Active Engagement:
Paste the 6 Elements of Narrative Verse in your journals for reference.
Copy the Narrative Elements chart in your journal. Together we will read a poem and examine its narrative elements.
Independent Practice: Choose 2 other poems from your packet and record the narrative elements on your chart.
Now create a list in your notebook of connections made with the poems you read. Any stories from your life you remembered during these readings should also be included in the list.
Remember: Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story. Narrative poetry has characters, dialogue, conflicts, plot and setting.
The difference between a story and narrative poem is that the narrative poem is in poetic form not in prose. It relies on rhythm and rhyme and is arranged in stanzas.
Materials: Copies of mentor poem packets to handout to students.
- 6 Elements of Narrative Verse handout for journals
- Exploring Narrative Elements chart for AE modeling