Poetry Project Guidelines
Why we read poetry
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Feedback on Projects
Ask a friend, peer, or family member to look at the slides you have so far. Post one example of helpful feedback you received.
Poetry Sharing
Choose a poem by your assigned poet to analyze. Annotate a copy of it. Share one thing you admire about the poem. Example: I love how Tom Wayman's "Did I Miss Anything?" takes a common question posed by a student who has missed class and uses it to explore with sly philosophical wit how much and how little is going on in any given situation we experience.
I think it's Amazing that were gonna go through so much analysis and create connections to poetry and the poets. Also, just as clarification were doing parts a b c for each of the 3 poets.
ReplyDeleteYour project is just about one poet. When everyone has finished and shared their projects, we'll have a chance to make connections among poets and write short paragraphs about them. That's when you'll write about more than one poet.
DeleteI’m confused about the audio effects- how do we go about finding audio that fits the slide and is not just the example?
ReplyDeleteYour audio effect can take many different forms. You might include your poet reading the poem you've analyzed or just reading any of his/her poems. You might include a clip from an interview your poet gave. You might record yourself reading something. As long as there is some audio element in your slideshow, you'll be fine!
DeleteHow much information should be on a slide? Should it be like a slideshow you present in class?
ReplyDeleteIt should be like a slideshow you'd present in class. I will share some samples with you! Thanks for asking.
DeleteOn the presentation are you sharing your thesis and analysis of the poem? Also, can we use adobe spark to create our project?
ReplyDeleteGreat questions! Yes, you'll include a thesis and some analysis of the poem. I'll go over some samples soon. You could use adobe spark for your project!
DeleteYou only have to analyze one of your poet's poems right? And does your thesis just gives your opinion of why your poet used a certain literary device?
ReplyDeleteYes and yes!
DeleteThe self assessment part and connection paragraphs aren’t part of the slides? Do we make a separate document and file it in our English folder?
ReplyDeleteThat's right. Those won't happen until after we've finished creating and sharing our slideshows.
DeleteShould we do the slides portion of this project on Google Slides? Also, does the whole part A need to have bits of audio, or only one slide?
ReplyDelete-Anya C.
While I recommend Google slides for the project to make it easy, you are welcome to use adobe spark or another app you like for presentations. Part A only needs audio on one slide, but I you are welcome to include as much as you'd like!
DeleteHow will we be able to work with groups?
ReplyDeleteYou'll create the presentation on your own. When it's done, we'll have a place where we share them. I'll create groups so that instead of viewing 29 presentations, you'll only have to view six or seven.
DeleteIf there is video with the audio (like in an interview) should we include the video on the slide, or should we have the visual be something else?
ReplyDeleteYou could do either. In years past, students who included interviews had a link to the interview embedded in a slide with an image.
DeleteFor our poet could we choose an author of a book that is in poetry form and focus on that book for our project?
ReplyDeleteI think that would be tough. When I show you the samples, you'll see that the analysis portion works best with a poem that fits on just a few slides (if not just one slide). Feel free to email me the poet you're thinking of, and I'll take it into consideration.
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ReplyDeleteI’m confused about when it says that our assignment has to cover 3 different poets. Also, what kinds of audio effects would you like us to incorporate in our slides?
ReplyDeleteYour project doesn't cover three poets. That's a follow-up assignment to the project you create on just one poet.
DeleteAre we supposed to make one big slide show, or multiple documents?
ReplyDeleteJust one slideshow.
DeleteDo we only choose one poem from our poet or three poems? I couldn't tell if the note on the bottom was for connections or our poet as well.
ReplyDeleteYou would just choose one poem by your poet to analyze in your project.
DeleteAre the connection paragraphs completely separate from the slideshow?
ReplyDeleteYes! To quote from the instructions: 'After you view your “group’s” (more on these assigned groups later) projects and take some notes, you will explore connections among and about the poets and poetry you have encountered. You will consult your notes to organize your thinking.'
DeleteIf we can’t find a clip of our poet reading it, should we record ourselves reading it?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea! Yes.
DeleteAre we doing a thesis on the same literary device across several poems, or just one?
ReplyDeleteJust one. We'll look at a few samples next week.
DeleteI’m confused about what the audio effect is. What would that include?
ReplyDelete-Angelica
Your audio effect can take many different forms. You might include your poet reading the poem you've analyzed or just reading any of his/her poems. You might include a clip from an interview your poet gave. You might record yourself reading something. As long as there is some audio element in your slideshow, you'll be fine!
DeleteDoes an “important” poem refer to a famous poem from that author, or one that’s a summary of their ideas/techniques?
ReplyDeleteGood question! By "important," I mean important to you. When you select a poem for your project, I hope you choose a poem that you admire and that you think is worth sharing with us.
DeleteIs the synthesis like a biographical summary or something else?
ReplyDeleteIt means drawing from at least two different sources and putting the information into your own words. I'll be sharing some sample biography slides soon!
DeleteAre there any limitations to the poems we choose?
ReplyDelete20th or 21st century poet. I'm asking us to find a poet who challenges and amuses us. As much as I love a poet like Shel Silverstein, I'll ask that you look for a more challenging poet.
DeleteWhat does it mean when it says "connects method to meaning" is this asking us to give out interpretation of the poem?
ReplyDeleteYes. A method is a poetic device like enjambment. A meaning is a big idea. You'll think about how a method the poet uses reveals or emphasizes an important idea in the poem.
DeleteDo we work on individual poets/poems in groups and then check each other's work or all work on several different poets/poems together
ReplyDeleteYou'll complete your project on your assigned poet first. When those are done, you'll share it with peers and get a chance to make connections.
DeleteI had the same question as Daniel.
DeleteShould we have a slide at the end with all the resources we used?
ReplyDeleteIt's a good habit to keep track of and cite sources, but I'm not requiring that in this modified version of the project.
DeleteFor our connection paragraphs (method connection), do the poets we connect have to be from the slides we saw from our group, or could we connect a poet to one that we know of from elsewhere?
ReplyDeleteGreat question! We would be making connections among poets we learned about from our peers.
DeleteHow many weeks will we have to work on this Multimedia Poetry Project?
ReplyDeleteAround two.
DeleteFor part B, will we have to give ourselves a grade or will we just be writing a reflection on our experience?
ReplyDeleteA reflection. There are no grades here, so you'll focus on what you learned (about research, about poetry, about yourself, etc.).
DeleteAfter we are done with our slides are we going to reflect on other people’s?
ReplyDeleteYes. You'll have a chance to see what your classmates did.
DeleteIs the connection paragraph meant to basically be an essay describing how we did.
ReplyDeleteNot quite. It's a way of recognizing similarities among poets' lives, poetry style, and poem subjects.
DeleteIs there a strict slide count for the biography vs the poem analysis? Or do we choose how spread out it is?
ReplyDeleteYou choose! Next week, I'll share samples of poem analysis.
DeleteI’m confused about the audio effects?
ReplyDeleteYour audio effect can take many different forms. You might include your poet reading the poem you've analyzed or just reading any of his/her poems. You might include a clip from an interview your poet gave. You might record yourself reading something. As long as there is some audio element in your slideshow, you'll be fine!
DeleteJust to clarify, for part C, we're going to be connecting our poet to other poets from our classmates' projects?
ReplyDeleteYou got it! Thank you for clarifying.
DeleteWhat did you mean by 2 sources?
ReplyDeleteTwo different articles. For instance, if my poet were Seamus Heaney, I would need to get information for my biography slides from at least two different articles (maybe one from poetryfoundation.org and another from a NEW YORK TIMES article).
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