Georgia 5.T.T.4

5.T.T.4 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 5.T.T.4.a

  Discuss and explain techniques used to present and design poetry, including rhyme and structure. (I)

• 5.T.T.4.b

  Apply poetic techniques (e.g., rhyme, rhyme scheme, structure) to produce different types of poetry (e.g., free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, limerick). (C)

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify poetic techniques in a poem and point to the words or lines where they appear. They explain how each choice affects meaning, mood, sound, or emphasis. They also use selected techniques in their own poems.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately identify techniques such as imagery, metaphor, simile, repetition, rhyme, and line breaks. They cite a specific word or line and explain how it shapes meaning, mood, or emphasis. Their own poems use techniques purposefully.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may name a technique without explaining its effect. They may treat every comparison as a simile, confuse repetition with rhyme, or add figurative language that does not support the poem’s meaning.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short poem and ask: “Name one poetic technique, explain its effect, then revise one line using that technique.”

1. 01

   Give pairs a printed poem to cut into lines, rearrange the line breaks, and compare how each version changes emphasis or pacing.

2. 02

   Ask students to choose one vivid line and write how its imagery or figurative language affects the poem’s mood.

3. 03

   Play technique match: students pair poem lines with cards labeled simile, metaphor, imagery, repetition, rhyme, or personification, then defend each match.

4. 04

   Examine a song chorus or advertising slogan and discuss how repetition, rhyme, or imagery makes its message memorable.

• 2.T.T.4

  Poetic Techniques Identify and use poetic techniques to shape understanding.

• K.T.T.4

  Poetic Techniques Identify and use poetic techniques to shape understanding.

• 4.T.T.4

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• 3.T.T.4

  The 3rd Grade version of this standard.