Poetry, Prose and Drama
Differences between Texts
Intermediate Reading
CCSS R 3/4/5.RL.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose and
refer to the structural elements of poems (verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (casts of
characters, setting descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking
about a text.
Complete a focus lesson with students, using the anchor charts, before using this
activity in stations. Laminate cards and anchor charts for durability.
What’s included:
□ Task Card in WORD (click on slide to open in WORD for editing OR open separate
TASK CARD DOC on the website)
□ Anchor Charts
□ Activity Cards
□ Materials Needed: Provide multiple copies of a poem, a newspaper article and a
short skit/play.
□ Technology Connection: http://www.shelsilverstein.com/fun/
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STATION TASK CARD
Un it 1 2 3 4
_________ Station
Activity Name: Poetry, Prose and Drama
Standard: Reading for Literature
Skill/Objective: (COPY IN YOUR PASSPORT) Different Types of Text
Directions:
1. With the students at your station, review the Anchor Charts
about Characteristics of Poetry, Prose and Drama.
2. Take turns choosing a card with a picture on it. The
tallest person will go first.
3. Decide which type of text the picture relates to and tell
why. Choose from:
 Poetry
• Prose
• Drama
4. The student to your left will check your answer on the
Answer Key.
5. When you have gone through all of the cards together,
choose one of the sample text to read together. Enjoy!
Challenge: Use the local newspaper or Internet to see what
plays are running in your hometown. Find out the title, show
times and cost of a ticket.
WHEN COMPLETED
□ check
□ place in folder
□ hand in
□ other _________________
Intermediate Reading
Characteristics of Poetry
Writing which is imaginative and
emotional…
• A line of traditional
poetry is called a verse.
• The rhyme or pattern of
beats of a poem is its
meter.
• The way a poem flows
from one idea to the
next is the rhythm.
Characteristics of Prose
Writing or speaking in the usual or
ordinary form…
• Writing in prose uses
sentences and
paragraphs.
• Examples of prose
include chapter books
and newspaper articles.
Characteristics of Drama
A story in dialogue form, commonly
called a play…
• A play contains characters, a
setting and a plot.
• The characters in a play are
called the cast.
• The words the characters
speak is called dialogue.
• Characters know what to do
in the play by following stage
directions.
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Poetry
Prose
Prose
Drama
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Poetry
Prose
Prose
Drama
Drama
Drama
(stage)
Poetry
Poetry
(words to
music)
Poetry
Drama
(villian)
Drama
(spotlights)
Prose
(textbook)
Prose
(poster)
Poetry
(Little Miss
Muffet nursery
rhyme)
Drama
(movie)
Prose
(newspaper)
Answer Key for Poetry, Prose and Drama
Drama
(audience)