I Am Poem: A Google Slide Collaboration

For this project we used the I Am poem generator to create our poems and then we attached these poems and an image to a collaborative Google Slide show creating a collage of students in the class. I have included my slide below as an example. I have also attached the version of this activity that I completed with my secondary ELD students. I then used our collaboration to create a map of where each of our students are from in the world. I have attached a picture of the final project as well.

I Am Poetry

Step 1: Creating the I Am Poem

Follow this link to the I Am Poem generator and have the students thoughtfully complete each line of the poem. Once they are satisfied with their writing they should hit "Create It" at the bottom of the page. This will create an image of the completed poem. The students will then left click this image and hit "save as" and name it I Am Poem and save it in their G-drive.

Step 2: The Google Sheet Collaboration

For this step you will create a google slideshow and share the editable link with your class via Google Classroom or another method of your choosing. Direct the students to add a slide and import the image of their poem from their G-drive as well as a photo of themselves to the slide. Students can take a selfie with their Chromebooks or import pictures into their G-drive from their phone in order to add them to their slide.

Step 3: Printing the Slides for the Collage

Once all of the students have completed a slide go to the top left of the slide show and select "File", then towards the bottom of the drop down menu you will see "Print Settings and Preview". Select this option then at the top you can change the print option from "1 page without notes" to four or six slides per page depending on how big you want them to print. Then simply select print, cut out the slides, and use them in whatever creative way you can think of!

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