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Understanding Prose, Poetry, and Drama

Understanding Prose, Poetry, and Drama. 4 th Grade Jenkins/Wong RL.4.5, RL.4.10, RF.4.4.a. Essential Question:. What’s the difference between prose, poems, and drama?. What are prose, poetry, and drama?. Prose, poetry, and drama are different kinds of writing. Prose.

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Understanding Prose, Poetry, and Drama

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  1. Understanding Prose, Poetry, and Drama 4th Grade Jenkins/Wong RL.4.5, RL.4.10, RF.4.4.a

  2. Essential Question: • What’s the difference between prose, poems, and drama?

  3. What are prose, poetry, and drama? Prose, poetry, and drama are different kinds of writing.

  4. Prose • one sentence follows another • sentencesgrouped in paragraphs • Purpose: Entertain the reader or provide information • Examples: chapter books and newspaper articles

  5. Poem • Poems are written in lines. • linesgrouped in stanzas or verses • Poets use sounds of words in creative ways • Rhyme- words end with the same sound (often appear in a pattern at the end of lines) • Rhythm- created by stressed and unstressedsyllables • Meter- pattern to the rhythm • Purpose: Entertain the reader

  6. RhythmTry to find the stressed syllables and identify pattern(s). I’m glad the sky is painted blue, And the earth is painted green With such a lot of nice fresh air All sandwiched in between.

  7. Prose vs. Poem The paragraph and poem above tell about the same topic. What differences do you see?

  8. Drama • Dramas tell a story (like a short story or novel). • Includes characters, a (description of) setting, and a plot. • Purpose of a drama is so people can act out a play.

  9. Drama • Dramas begin with a cast of characters (list of characters in the play), description of setting to help the director, set designersand actorsinterpret what the stage should look like, stage directions, and dialogue • Stage directions- written in italic print • Dialogue-words the actors speak • Scene is the part of the drama in which the setting stays the same, but time moves forward (scene changes when setting changes)

  10. Cast of Characters • Ruben • Mom • Tag, the family dog Scene One In the dim lights, we can see a living room. On one end of the couch, Tag, a dog, is curled up asleep. On the other end sits Ruben, in his pajamas. Paper is scattered around him, and a textbook is open. The snoring of the dog and the ticking of a clock grow louder and louder until Ruben speaks. Ruben:(to himself) If only Tag would stop snoring! Then maybe I would be able to think straight. The snoring of the dog and the ticking of the clock can still be heard, but more softly. Mom enters. She is wearing pajamas. Mom: Ruben! Why are you still up? It’s getting late.

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