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Grades K – 5

Interactive Type Writing Poetry

Tech Requirement Flash Player required

URL http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/shape/

A shape poem is a poem that describes an object and is written in the shape of the object. In this online tool,elementary students can select shapes from four different themes: Nature, School, Sports, and Celebrations.Within these themes, 19 different shapes are included.

By selecting a shape, students are learning how to focus their writing on a particular topic. In addition, aspart of the online tool, students are prompted to brainstorm, write, and revise their poems, thus reinforcingelements of the writing process. Students can also print their finished shape poems, cut and color them, anddisplay them in the classroom or at home.

For ideas of how to use this tool outside the classroom, see Shape Poems in the Parent & AfterschoolResources section.

Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonShape Poems: Writing Extraordinary Poems About Ordinary Objects

Students select a familiar object online, build a bank of words related to the object, and write shape poemsthat are printed and displayed in class.

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