Narrative Poetry

Good morning everyone!

Today we will be starting a new unit on poetry. We have lots to do, so let's get started.

We are going to start by reading "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Here is some important vocabulary that you might need to write down (probably in your Toolkit):

narrative poem: a poem that tells a story. It has a beginning, middle, and end, as well as a conflict and a resolution, just like a short story or a novel.

end rhyme: when words rhyme at the end of two or more different lines of poetry

internal rhyme: when there are words that rhyme in the middle of lines of poetry

Alliteration: The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words

stanza: a grouping or division of lines in poetry that often have a common pattern that is repeated in each stanza. It can be compared to a paragraph in stories.

You will be making a storyboard, recreating the story using pictures and explanation. There are three things that you must include for each of the six panels in your storyboard.

1. A drawing of what is happening in the story.
2. A written explanation of what the picture represents using complete sentences.
3. one or two lines from the poem that show you that this event is happening. It should look like this:

"Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch

Of the North Church tower as a signal light,—

One, if by land, and two, if by sea;"  (lines 8-10)