Kelly Whiddon and Wendy Wolvek ECED 4300 Section C Dr. Tonja Root Fall 2010 Concrete Poetry

Wendy Wolvek Prewriting GPS: ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

PLO: The student will plan for their concrete poem by choosing a topic and creating a graphic organizer.

Concrete Poetry: A concrete poem is a poem that is written in the shape of your topic. The shape is important as well as the words that create it.

Prewriting: Before writing your poem, you will brainstorm ideas. You will need to choose a topic, the audience, and the words you want to use to create your poem.

Topic: Facts: Shape: Wolvek, W.M. (2010). Concrete Poetry Graphic Organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

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Practice Activity (4 th grade) Now we will fill in a graphic organizer together. What do we need to decide on first? The topic. We are going to use stars as our topic. The audience for our concrete poem will be the other 4 th grade classes.

Topic: Stars Facts: bright, shiny, made of plasma, held together by gravity, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”, yellow, red, blue, Wolvek, W.M. (2010). Concrete Poetry Graphic Organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

Facts: studied by astronomers, found in constellations, in the sky Shape: Star

Assessment Activity Now it’s your turn! Directions: 1)Brainstorm ideas that you could use to create a concrete poem. 2)Fill in the graphic organizer. Don’t forget to use short phrases. When filling in a graphic organizer, we do not use complete sentences.

Kelly Whiddon Drafting GPS: ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

PLO : The students will draft a concrete poem using their graphic organizer.

Concrete Poetry: A concrete poem is a poem that is written in the shape of the topic. The shape of the poem is just as important as the words that create it.

Drafting: After you have completed your graphic organizer, you will take that information and create a draft.

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Practice Activity: (4 th Grade) Now we will create a draft of our concrete poem. We will start by drawing the outline of a star. Next, we will use the information from our graphic organizer place around the outline of the star. Since we are now in the drafting stage, we will be using complete sentences. The audience for our poem will be the other 4 th grade classes.

Stars are They are in the sky. They can be red, yellow, or blue. They are made of plasma. They are held together by gravity. There is a song about them, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” They can be found in constellations. They are studied by astronomers. shiny. Stars are bright.

Assessment Activity: Now it’s your turn! Directions: 1)Draw the outline of your shape. 2)Take the information from your graphic organizer and place it around the outline of the shape. Remember to use complete sentences in your draft.