Candace Meeks
Amber Williams
ECED 4300 C Spring 2010
Dr. Tonja Root
Candace Meeks
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.
Candace Meeks
Prewriting
 PLO: Students
will complete a
concrete poetry graphic
organizer using words and
phrases.
Prewriting
 Form: Concrete poetry
 Topic: What you are writing
about?
 Purpose: the meaning of the
writing
 Shape: related to topic
 Words are based on the shape
 Audience: Who will read or
listen?
Concrete Poetry: Drafting
Name ___________________
Date _____________
Concrete Poetry Graphic Organizer
Topic
Words related to
Topic
Shape related to
Topic
Moon Concrete Poem
Example
Bradley. Retrieved March 4,
2010 from
www.akrotirischool.org.uk/.../B
radley%20poem.jpg.
Practice Activity
 Teacher
or fifth grade
students choose a topic
 Teacher and students
complete a graphic organizer
using interactive writing
Assessment Activity
 Teacher
will have folded
premade topics in a bag
 Fifth grade students will pull a
topic from the bag
 Students will complete a
graphic organizer based on
the topic selected
Amber Williams
Drafting
GPS: ELA4W2 The student
demonstrates competence in a
variety of genres. C. Creates an
organizing structure appropriate
to a specific purpose, audience,
and context.
PLO
 The
students will draft their
poems from their prewriting
graphic organizers.
Concrete Poetry
•Based on a topic/theme
•Placement of words related
to poem meaning
•Poem arranged in a shape
•Can use sentences, words,
phrases, rhyming, alliteration,
different size/color words, etc.
Concrete Poetry: Drafting
(Use Prewriting G.O.)
1. Determine how/where you
will draw shape
2. Use topic words (single
words and/or sentences,
colors, sizes)
3. Can include rhyming,
alliteration, etc.
IPOD Concrete Poem
Example
Brooke. (2009). Concrete poems. Retrieved March 4,
2010, from WordPress. Web site:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bol
ee.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/ipod-concretepoem.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bolee.wordpress.com/
2009/02/23/concretepoems/&usg=__Ziny6ZCAsCljNpfzwqZl1G5c_s=&h=688&w=640&sz=75&hl=en&start=
7&itbs=1&tbnid=xGaSojYRsEjRnM:&tbnh=139&tb
nw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dconcrete%2Bpoe
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5th Grade Practice Activity
•Class
Collaboration
•Interactive Writing
•Teacher
encourages creativity
(rhyming, alliteration, unique
word choices/voice)
5th Grade Practice Activity
Continued
 Students
choose topic, words,
style
 Share the pen
 Interactive White Board
recommended
th
5
Grade Assessment
 Students
will draft poem
from their prewriting G.O.
 Students
use G.O. as a guide