Students can create a variety of projects using Stop Motion, but using it to illustrate their poetry, can allow to students demonstrate their own perspective through visuals. Creating an audio bite and back drops can established the mood of the poem. Poems which contrast things are most effective. Also Poems which have action words can be used. […]
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Collaborative Writes Benefit all Students
Collaborative Writes Benefit all Students Collaboration strengthens writing skills and improves Communication Sense of Responsibility to complete a task improves growth in Personal Awareness Sharing of Ideas with a diversity of opinions and styles promotes Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Sharing of Expertise with Peer Editing develops Critical Thinking Skills *Bolded Core Competencies Using the iPads, collaborative writing […]
Using iMovie to “Produce” a Poem
Use this poem to create an iMovie. The Bluebird Poem 1 or on Canada and government I am Canadian Poem imovieipad2 for iPads imovie8greenscreen for Macbooks Read the poem Chunk the poem into parts (stanzas, couplets, etc) Find images for each of the parts (google image search, search tools, usage rights) and save to device Create a […]
Using Explain Everything to Create a Concrete/Shape Poem
Concrete or shape poems are an interesting and creative way for students to present their ideas about a topic. Using Explain Everything, on one slide, students can create a shape and add text around the shape. Watch video Concrete poem in Explain Everything
Poetry Writing
Poetry writing can be a great Winter writing activity. Using a combination of on line websites and iPad Apps, students can create a poetry booklet . Their portfolio can be presented in a variety of other apps and can include examples of : 1. Haiku 2. Tanka […]
Engaging Activities for Reading Poetry
Much to the surprise of my colleagues, I find it so easy to get kids to enjoy, explore and critique poetry. Giving students opportunities to explore a variety of poems, with very little guidance, and a whole lot of sharing, opens up discussions about poetic devices, themes, and messages in poetry. As students are […]
Writing Poetry WWP Session 4
In today’s session you may need the following documents: PoetryJanuary List of Onomatopoeia PoeticDevicesScavengerHunt Poetry unit poetrydevicesdefinition Powerpointmedia1 Types of Poems
Creating a Concrete Poem
Use this pdf to show how to create a concrete poem in Notebook. Concrete Poems