Transcript Concrete Poems and Word Pictures

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.
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=JDO5
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MODEL
Example: 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