Concrete Shape Poetry – Posters & Graphic Organizers
- Grades
- Grades 1–3, Elementary
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- ELA, Literature, Poetry
- Topic
- shapes, poetry writing
- Resource types
- Graphic Organizers, Teacher Tools
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This resource is a set of learning posters and graphic organizers for concrete shape poetry writing.
There are a variety of posters that teach about concrete shape poetry. Students will explore features and so much more.
They will use the graphic organizers to brainstorm ideas and then write a concrete shape poem.
This pairs well with your poetry unit in English class. You may also love to print these off and use in a center activity.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Define a concrete (shape) poem and explain how its shape adds to its meaning.
Brainstorm a word list describing a chosen topic before drafting a poem.
Compose a shape poem by arranging the poem's words to fill or follow the outline of the topic's shape.
Teaching tips
Post the definition and how-to organizer posters during a poetry unit so students can follow the six steps independently.
Model the trace-through-paper technique from step five — laying white paper over a drawn shape — before students try it themselves.
Offer the Create Your Own template pages to students who prefer writing inside a given frame, as the organizer's hint suggests.
Open the PowerPoint version to customize template pages or project the posters during whole-class instruction.
Skills covered
Poetry writing — students draft a concrete poem whose words take the shape of the topic they describe.
Brainstorming and word choice — students list words and phrases about their topic and select from them for the poem.
Following a multi-step process — the organizer sequences six numbered steps from choosing a topic to filling the shape with words.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
How do students turn their draft into the final shape poem?
After drafting on lined paper, they draw or trace their topic's shape, lay white paper over it so the outline shows through, and copy the poem's words so they fill or follow the shape — or simply write inside one of the provided templates.
What comes in the two file versions?
The PDF and PowerPoint contain the same 16 pages — posters, examples, organizer, and templates — with the PowerPoint open for editing so template pages can be customized.
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