Concrete Poetry
Lauren BanksAmanda WalkerECED 4300 A
Fall 2008Dr. Tonja Root
Grades 4
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
PrewritingBy: Lauren Banks
ELA4W4. The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student
a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
GPSELA4W4. The student
consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student
a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.
PLOThe students will construct a concrete poem using a graphic organizer.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Concrete Poems
A concrete poem is a collage of words, letters or symbols that creates meaning both by what it says and by how it looks.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Prewriting
Prewriting is the first stage of the writing process. The focus of this stage is on developing a topic and ideas for the writing. All of the ideas are written to be written in phrases.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Concrete Writing Example
Delamar, G.T. (2008) . Flight of Geese. Retrieved November 11, 2008, from Patchwork Poems and Shaped Poetics
http://www.delamar.org/gtshaped.htm
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
ExampleFlight of Geese
} } } } when } } cold winds } } start to blow } } the geese form flocks } } and begin to fly forth } } } } } } } } } } following their leader } } through chilly skies } } and moving southward } } away from } } north } } } }
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Practice Activity
Students will work as a class to orally decide their topic, audience, and the details for the poem that they will be writing as a class.
The teacher will write dictations of the responses that the students give her to write on a large graphic organizer.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Name____________________ Date _________
Form: Concrete Poetry
Audience:
Topic:
Shape/ Object:
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Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Prewriting Assessment
Students will work independently to brainstorm ideas for a concrete poem by picking an audience, topic, and details and use this information to complete a graphic organizer
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
DraftingBy: Amanda Walker
ELA4W4. The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student
a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Primary Learning Outcome
Students will draft a concrete poem using their graphic organizer.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Concrete Poetry
Concrete poems are those that are in the shape of what they are talking about. Concrete poetry is very visual because the words form a picture. The poem can outline the object, or fill in the object.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Drafting
Drafting is the second stage of the writing process. This is when we put our words and phrases from our graphic organizer down on paper into sentences in an organized manner. We don’t worry about spelling or mechanics.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Example 1
Miss Annie. (2007). The Rollercoaster. Retrieved November 10, 2008 from Evanston Arts Poetry Camp, Summer 2008!http://search.msn.com/images/results.aspx?q=concrete+poem&FORM=MSNH&mkt=en-US#focal=063c779bd6aae1c0ec6f72845a11172b&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fbp3.blogger.com%2F_3HgsPE9Oeoc%2FRoQ9yrLn7DI%2FAAAAAAAAACA%2FdZPtzQKDOwk%2Fs320%2FAnnieRollercoastersmall.jpg
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Rollercoaster
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Example 2
Kinney, D. (2007). The Colors of Light. Retrieved November 10, 2008 from Poetry Project Culminating Activity For Reactions Unithttp://search.msn.com/images/results.aspx?q=concrete+poetry&form=QBIR#focal=602ca1e6da01766d678f8a8089b23eb3&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swsd.k12.pa.us%2F%257Ediane_kinney%2FCHEMISTRY%2520POETRY%2520DESCRIPTION1_files%2Fimage009.jpg
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
The Colors of Light
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Practice Activity
As a class, students will create a draft using the topic they chose during prewriting. Students will use the shared pen technique to complete the concrete poem draft on the board..
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008
Assessment Activity
Using the independent graphic organizers students completed, they will create a draft of their concrete poem. Students will construct their draft in the shape of the object they are talking about.
Banks, L. and Walker, A. ECED 4300 A 11/10/2008