Digital+Poetry

CORE CONTENT ADDRESSED__** OBJECTIVES: 1. Introduce students to some of the world's most famous poetry, the poets and the poems. 2. Allow for student choice in creating a project about the poem which appeals to them the most. 3. Students carefully read, paraphrase, and identify the overall meaning of the poem, the purpose of the author, the general mood of the poem, and the imagery generated through the words of the poem. 4. Students gain confidence about poetry expression by using Audacity or Voicethread to practice their poetry recitation. 5. Students communicate and share the overall meaning of the poem by creating their a digital version of their chosen poem. [|BrainPop Video on Poetry] [|**BrainPop Video on Similes and Metaphors**] [|BrainPop Video on Poet Maya Angelou]
 * __LESSON PLAN #1: DIGITAL POETRY
 * __VIDEOS TO INTRODUCE POETRY__**

[|Winter Digital Poem] [|Caged Bird Digital Poem] [|The Death of Emmett Till]
 * __EXAMPLES TO SHARE WITH STUDENTS__**

"From Page to Digital Stage: Creating Digital Performances of Poetry." //Voices from the Middle//. v16 n3 p15-22 Mar 2009. Abstract available at [|**http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ831341&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ831341**]
 * __RESOURCES__**

Jennifer Higdon with poet Luis J. Rodriguez, author of //Always Running: La Via Loca Gang Days in LA//