posted May 3, 2009 7:58 AM by Unknown user
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updated May 30, 2009 2:33 PM
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it be a sonnet or a cinquain, we encourage students to share their
literary work and discuss it with one another. Students can use this
project to develop their poetry knowledge and writing skills by sharing
and discussing poems they have written, narriated and/or illustrated
(optional) in an online Poetry Month community.
The iCollaboratory invites all K-12 students to participate in Poetry Month Project.
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Students learn more about other
participants in the project by taking a survey on their familiarity
with poetry and what they like about it.
- View Poetry Survey results after April 9, 2009.
- View the 2008 survey results.
- View the 2007 survey results
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Students select the type of poem and the subject matter for the poem they would like to write.
- Poems come in all shapes and sizes. Some poems rhyme and some
don't. Some are very long and some are very short. Review the different
types of poems in the Types of Poetry
Cybrary and think about the who, what, where, when and why you would
like to write about and what kind of poem would be appropriate for your
subject.
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Write a Poem - April 2-21
Students write, revise and complete a poem with the style and subject matter of their choice.
- Now that you have decided what you want to write about and what
type of poem structure you will use, you can write your poem! Don't
worry about making it perfect. Just get your ideas out. Use your
iCollaboratory Classroom account or your iCollaboratory personal
account to write your poem and link it to your iCollaboratory Poetry
Project home page. You can always edit it later.
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Students submit their poems to a gallery of poetry by fellow participants and discuss each others poems.
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An interactive map will display where all the burgeoning poets are getting their muse.
The poetry project activities listed above are designed to take about
one hour a week in a school computer lab or on set of classroom
computers. Teachers should also plan on spending an hour a week of
classroom time besides the computer time. Students who get involved
spend more time writing, sharing and discussing poetry.
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