The Road Not Taken . . . Until Now
Welcome to my sample page designed to display students' digital poems. Below you will find the lesson plan and objectives, as well as a set-up for how student's work would be showcased for this particular project.
LESSON PLAN and OBJECTIVES ~
Students will use Photo Story 3 or Microsoft Movie Maker to create digital poems that open windows into their lives and interests. Students will be asked to choose either a poem that they personally wrote or one by a credible author to use for this digital poetry project. The poem of choice should be one of interest to the student and should reflect the life of the student or at least a part of student's life. Once students have written/selected their poem, they will be introduced to Photo Story 3 and Microsoft Movie Maker. Students will select one of these digital video programs to complete their project with. Final projects will be used to build community in the classroom as well as understanding among peers. Exemplary poems will be displayed in a carousel at the bottom of this page. Click here for a sample grading rubric used for this assignment.
Throughout this assignment, students will successfully complete the following objectives:
Throughout this assignment, students will successfully complete the following objectives:
- learn to appreciate poetry for its meaning and personal connections.
- use careful thought in choosing a poem of interest to them.
- develop a list of criteria for their digital poem based on examples and scholarly readings.
- create an outline and storyboard for their digital poems
- gather appropriate images that powerfully and successfully represent the meaning of their selected poems.
- use the capabilities (i.e. editing, narration, transitions, text, special effects, etc.) of digital video software (Photo Story 3 or Microsoft Movie Maker) to create a digital poem.
- share their voices with an extended audience
- connect with peers on a personal level
- build community and social awareness
While the above examples are not actual student examples from my classroom, the carousel idea shows how my students' exemplary presentations would be displayed.