concrete poems and word pictures
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Concrete Poems and Word Pictures. Amy Engnell Dani Strait Kelly Azar Kayley Johnson. Concrete Poems And word pictures. A concrete poem is a poem that forms a picture of the topic or follows the contours of a shape that is suggested by the topic. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CONCRETE POEMS AND
WORD PICTURESAmy Engnell
Dani Strait
Kelly Azar
Kayley Johnson
CONCRETE POEMS AND WORD PICTURES
A concrete poem is a poem that forms a picture of the topic or follows the contours of a shape that is suggested by the topic.
Word picture: Picture drawn using descriptive words about an object or idea that the picture represents
How are these poems different from what you are used to?
Rules of writing poems • 1.) Choose what you want to write
about• 2.)Choose shape• 3.) Make a list of some good
descriptive words for the poem. (Using the five senses)• 4.) Use the descriptive words to
make poem in the shape you chose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDO5H9HgU08
MODELExample: cephalopod fossil (a curly shell)
The poem is going to be about a type of fossilization that we have gone over in class.
Can you think of any ideas about a specific type of fossilization?
Create your own concrete poem about how fossils are made.
Some example pictures:
MY CONCRETE POEM