Writing calligrams with irregular verbs (Проектная технология)

Match the words to the definitions.
Poetry
Poet
Poem
Poetic
a. A piece of writing that is written in short lines, usually using the words that rhyme.
b. The art of writing poems.
c. Someone who writes poems.
d. Relating to poetry.

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions:
Do you like poetry?
Who is your favourite poet?
Do you write poems?
What do you like more – to read poems or to write poems?
Is it difficult to write a poem?

Today we will:
Revise irregular verbs
Revise Past Simple
Learn about concrete poems (calligrams)
Write a poem.

Concrete poetry
combines poetic writing and drawing
Picture poetry
Shape poetry
Calligrams

1918
Guillaume Apollinaire
”Calligrammes”
("beautiful writing“).

Calligrams were used in China

The mouse-tail in Lewis Carroll'sAlice's Adventure in Wonderland is also a shaped poem.

Choose one of these verbs to make a one-word calligram
Bend
Blow
Fly
Build
Cut
Drive
Grow

Let’s write a poem!
First think about something you did yesterday.
Choose six verbs.
Fill them in the blanks below to create your poem. Concrete poems do not have to rhyme!
Line 1: Verb One _____ Verb Two _____Verb Three_______
Line 2: Verb Four_____ Verb Five______Verb Six________
Line 3: Write a sentence here that shows how you felt about this activity
____________________________________________________

Let’s make a calligram!
Choose a shape.
Draw with a pencil the shape you chose. Write you poem into the shape.
Came, saw, caught
threw, ran, hid
I hate broken windows!

Feedback
Did you like to write poems?
Was it easy or difficult for you to write a poem?
Which was easier – to write a poem or to draw it?
What did you like most of all?
Is it difficult to write a poem?