1. Beth Darby and Lacey Maloy ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Spring, 2010 Grade 3

2. Beth Darby Prewriting GPS: ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Pre-writes to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct.

3. PLO The students will generate ideas that will assist them in completing a graphic organizer for their concrete poem.

4. Concrete Poetry Poetry that takes the shape of the object being described Can be a collection of words, letters, and symbols

5. Prewriting Stage Known as the first stage of the writing process Used to generate words and ideas for topic

6. Citation for Graphic Organizer Darby, B & Maloy, L. (2010). Concrete Poetry Graphic Organizer. Unpublished graphic organizer, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.

7. Graphic Organizer

8. APA Citation for Example 1 Finley, S. (2004, December 30). All Poetry. Retrieved from http://allpoetry.com/poem/970 759

9. Example 1

10. Practice Activity As a class generate words and ideas about a t-shirt to create a concrete poem Fill in the class’ graphic organizer as each idea is mentioned

11. Assessment Activity A graphic organizer will be given to each student Students will pull a strip of paper out of a basket that contains a topic Students will be asked to generate ideas and complete their graphic organizer based on the topic chosen

12. Lacey Maloy Drafting Stage GPS: ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student m. Pre-writes to generate ideas, develops a rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to correct.

13. PLO The students will develop a rough draft of their concrete poem using ideas from their graphic organizer.

14. Concrete Poetry Poetry that takes the shape of the object being described Can be a collection of words, letters, and symbols

15. Drafting Stage Known as the second stage of the writing process Students use ideas from their graphic organizer to create a rough draft

16. APA Citation for Example 2 Crum, C. (2008). Greenbrier elementary. Retrieved from http://www.greenville.k12.sc.u s/gbrier/students/2007/shapep. asp

17. Example 2

18. Drafting Stage Main focus during this stage is to get ideas down on paper Do not focus on spelling or mechanics

19. Practice Activity Create a concrete poem in the shape of a t-shirt using the ideas generated from the class’ graphic organizer

20. Assessment Activity Create concrete poem using graphic organizer Will be written on the topic that was chosen during prewriting