Barb Reinhardt

LLED

6/4/04

Concrete Poems are Poems that Go

Day 10

Objectives: Students will

·  Analyze the thought processes and skills they use to read and understand traditional print texts

·  Practice using the cooperative learning skills of active listening, taking turns, and sharing materials

·  Use the think-aloud strategy to record and label the thought processes and skills they use when navigating and reading an online poems

·  Discuss and discern how their reading of print texts is similar to and different from their reading of online texts

·  Discuss and discern how the meaning of the poem is affected by the organization of visual and print elements

Standards:

1.3.11.C
1.3.11.D
1.3.11.E
1.3.11.F / 1.4.11.A
1.4.11.B
1.4.11.D / 1.5.11.E
1.5.11.F
1.5.11.G / 1.6.11.A
1.6.11.D
1.6.11.E
1.6.11.F

Materials:

Explore and Discuss Handout (explore+discuss.doc)

Reading Think-Aloud Sheet (1 per student)

Computers with internet access

Pencils

Methods:

Students should read the excerpt from the article Concrete Poetry: A World View. After reading the article invite students to explain what they think is meant by “concrete poem.” Students should come to the conclusion that concrete poetry is a word art without rules that conveys emotion. Explain that this week the class will be learning about types of concrete poems.

·  Do students see a possible connection between music, music videos and concrete poetry?

·  How do we create new meaning with images and symbols?

·  How is meaning intensified?

Explain that the class will be exploring how sound and images can change/intensify the meaning of poems. The changes in each student group’s interpretations will be recorded on the Reading Think-Aloud Sheet.

Online Investigation:

·  Students will work in pairs or groups of three.

·  Each student group will view the following poems - they are also included in the teacher’s copy of explore+discuss.doc.

http://www.poemsthatgo.com/gallery/spring2003/conversation/conversation.html

http://www.poemsthatgo.com/gallery/summer2002/dazzle/index.html

http://www.poemsthatgo.com/gallery/summer2002/sky/launch.htm#

http://www.poemsthatgo.com/gallery/winter2002/secretdefault.htm

http://www.conexus.si.edu/schoppert/flash4.htm

http://www.conexus.si.edu/schoppert/flash4.htm

Reading Think-Aloud Sheet:

One student will act as scribe while the other relates their interpretation of the poem.

Assessment:

Discussion / 30
Group Work / 30
Reading Think-Aloud Sheet / 20