Grade 4 English: Poetry, Drama, and Literary Appreciation

Free Grade 4 English unit on Poetry, Drama, and Literary Appreciation: 9 lessons in order. Includes practice questions and answer keys.

9 lessons in this unit

Recognise and write simple poetry forms: haiku, acrostic, rhyming couplets and free verse.

Identify rhythm, rhyme and imagery in a poem and explain how they create sound and picture.

Find and write similes and metaphors in poems and explain what they compare.

Recognise and write personification, giving human feelings and actions to animals, objects and nature.

Read and write dialogue in poems and plays, and explain how dialogue shows character and moves the action.

Understand the parts of a play script: cast list, scenes, dialogue and stage directions, and write a short scene.

Interpret a character in a play or poem and show how an actor can use voice and movement to express traits and feelings.

Perform a poem or short scene with clear voice, expression, gesture and awareness of the audience.

Compare how a poem, a story and a play treat the same topic, and explain the features of each genre.