Concrete Poems

_____________ poems create a shape about their subject.

• haiku

• limerick

• lyrical

• concrete

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

True or False: Concrete poems are often referred to as shape poems.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Complete the statement: Shape poems can be written about anything, just as long as __________________________.

• it is in a block form.

• you rhyme every line.

• you draw a picture.

• it is the shape of the subject you are writing about.

a poem that has a shape that matches the topic

• ballad

• acrostic

• haiku

• concrete

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Do all concrete poems need to rhyme?

• No

• Yes

Shape poetry is _____________________.

• a poem that uses rhyme scheme to convey feelings.

• a story that has a main idea.

• the art of describing a shape through words and the placement of the words to create that shape.

• a free verse poem.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

If the topic of a poem is basketball, your poem should be written in the form of ________________.

• a desk.

• a soccer ball.

• a basketball.

• a paper.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

If you are writing about school. Your poem can be written in all forms, except ___________.

• a car.

• a school desk.

• a school building.

• a book.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

If you are writing a concrete poem about the summer, your words can be written in all forms, except _____________.

• a beach ball.

• a tie.

• the sun.

• a beach umbrella.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What do you think this shape poem is about?

• an orange

• a star

• a lesson

• an exam