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Shape Poetry WritingShape Poetry Writing
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Teacher's Corner
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Grade
3rd - 7th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Writing Prompts
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For Teacher Use
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Direct Instruction
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Technology
Projection
Year
2010
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Shape Poetry

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Calligrams, or shape poems, are the focus of ninth exercise in a ten-part poetry writing series.

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Concepts

poetry, poetry writing, shape poems

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Post the calligrams about the classroom
  • Collect all the poems into a book for display in the classroom library
  • Ask poets to create a poetry notebook for all 10 poems created in the series of exercises

Classroom Considerations

  • Calligrams, or shape poems, are the focus
  • Although the prompts can be used in any order, the 10 exercises in the series become increasingly difficult

Pros

  • The resource includes specific directions for crafting a calligram, a brainstorming box, and a worksheet

Cons

  • No model shape poems are provided

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