In ninth grade, you presented an interpretation of a poem through images for each line. This year, you will present a different kind of interpretation, one based on the words of the poem in a design using a word cloud application. Each element of the word cloud should refer to your interpretation of the poem.
Here’s what you do: Choose the same poem you have presented orally to the class.
1) THINK ABOUT THE POEM. Consider what we wrote in class, what we talked about in class, reflect on the general theme of childhood and growing up, and consider your own interpretation of the text. This is the most important part of the assignment.
2) Interpret the poem by deciding on a theme. By identifying a theme, you will be able to emphasize certain words in the poem. Emphasize the words you think are central to the poem’s theme by repeating them (this will make them larger in your wordle). You can keep words together by using a tilde (~) between words. For example, little~red~dress
3) Choose a color scheme for your wordle. Explain how your color scheme relates to the theme. Your reason can’t be because you like the color. The reason has to be because of some element of the poem.
4) Choose a font for your wordle. Explain how your font relates to the theme. Don’t say that you thought the name of the font connected to the poem. Again, the reason has to be because of some element of the poem you wish to emphasize.
5) Choose a layout for your wordle. Explain how the layout relates to the theme. Again, the reason has to be because of some element of the poem you wish to emphasize.
In writing about each element of the wordle, try not to use the same words or phrases. Try to extend and deepen your interpretation of the poem as you go through the elements of the wordle. We will talk more about this in class when you see the sample.
To present your Wordle poem, you need to print out the wordle. You also need to take a screenshot of it and save the wordle as a pdf to post on the website.
Type up the explanation of each element of your wordle and turn it in.
Format for Assignment:
Present the poem:
Poem:
My mother groand! My father wept.
Into the dangerous world I leapt:
Helpless, naked, piping loud;
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in my fathers hands:
Striving against my swaddling bands:
Bound and weary I thought best
To sulk upon my mothers breast.
Theme: Effect: Use the questions we have used in class to make a statement about the poem. This section should be at least 300 words.
Color:
Font:
Layout:
Optional Comments: Given that there are so many different poems, this space is for information you think is important to your wordle.