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Give each student a page copied from a book. The students must circle the words, in order, that they want to use for a poem. Students should first use pencil to “find” the words and see if their poem “works.” Once the students are satisfied, they will use pastels to create an image, relating to their poem, that blocks out the other words on the page. Ask students for volunteers to their poem. Poems should go into their poetry journals. Relevance of image and technique used 13 Concrete Poetry - make connections between words and images - use images to enhance poetry - recognize and create their own concrete poetry Connection Concentration: Display a series of images for the students. Ask them to call out the first thing that comes to mind. Do so for 6-8 images. Discussion: “Pictures are worth a thousand words.” What does this mean? Why are images so powerful? How can we use pictures or images to enhance our words or make them so powerful? Relate to poetry: Ask students how they could link this to poetry. What can we do with our poetry to enhance it? How can we use images? -set of 6-8 images (can be random or obscure – not obvious) - examples of concrete poetry - outlines for creating their own - pencils - computer/ printer - scissors - pens Teacher observation of engagement and contribution to class discussion Completion of concrete poem Accurate connections made between and words