Story vs. Poem

What makes a poem a poem? And what makes a story a story? In this lesson, students learn to distinguish between different types of texts while analyzing the sentences and words they encounter.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to analyze poems and stories to determine text type and features.

Introduction

(15 minutes)

Read aloud the story that you chose.
Ask: “What kind of book is this?” Tell students that it is a fictional story. Explain that fictional stories are made up. They have characters and beginning, middles, and ends.