Poetry 8 Date Shape Poetry Learning Objectives To

Poetry 8 Date: Shape Poetry Learning Objectives • To read and create shape/concrete poetry. • To show visual poetry can be.

In exercise copy – I see, I think, I feel

Look – write Think – write I see. . I think. . I feel. . Feel - write

Notes • Shape/Concrete Poetry: When the poem’s words create a design to convey meaning. • Internal rhyme: Rhymes within a single line of poetry. • End Rhyme: Rhymes at the end of different lines of poetry.

Example 1 – Read the poem, raise hands when you know what the image is. After three people, stop.

Example 2 – Read the poem, raise hands when you know what the image is. A different three people please.

Example 3 – Read the poem, raise hands when you know what the image is. A different three people please. to my body is a walking representation the outward visual caption of what it means me from the outside looking in at times from you what you I hide but mostly see is will get be

Exercise One: Brainstorm – write and share ideas • To create shape poems, we need two things 1. A topic you like and enjoy – sports, games, hobbies. 2. A simple word in that topic you can draw and rhyme with. Topic Driving Words we can draw

Exercise Two: Create your own shape poem • Option 1: Draw an outline and write words around it. • Option 2: Draw an outline and write words within it. Internal rhyme will help you without stanzas and you can think of it like this too. blue whale is not a fish. You could keep it in a dish. A bathtub would not do at all. A swimming pool is much too small.

Some more shapes to help you. • • Things in nature Sports equipment School equipment Shapes

Homework • Create an alliteration shape poem. (Shape poem with some alliteration in it. ) • (Hints – what words did you see in the alliteration class which you can use )