Original Poetry & Performance
Free-Choice Summative Assessment: Competency #2: Critical Thinking & Creativity
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What's an Original Poetry Performance?
What's an Original Poetry Performance?
Inspired by your independent reading and the poems found in the the Poetry 180 collection in the Library of Congress, an Original Poetry Performance is a public performance of an original poem you created.
Creating & Performing Your Original Poem
Creating & Performing Your Original Poem
NOTE: Only the AI tools identified in this assessment are acceptable for this summative.
💡 Explore Ideas
💡 Explore Ideas
To prepare for this summative, you have engaged in independent reading throughout the academic year. You have also responded to the reading with a series of reader’s responses, recorded in your composition notebook. And, you read one poem from Poetry 180 aloud each month to develop your poetry and performance skills.
📓 Review & Reflect
📓 Review & Reflect
review your independent reader's responses recorded in your composition notebook and reflect on themes/significant moments
review poetry from the Poetry 180 at the Library of Congress and reflect on the style and structure of each one
🔰 Get Started Crafting and Drafting Your Poem
🔰 Get Started Crafting and Drafting Your Poem
To create your poem...
access the indicated Google Classroom assignment
review the Google Slides deck template you'll use.
Note: Step-by-step directions are in the "speaker notes" section below each slide.
open the School AI bot I created for this project and begin collaborating with it
Keep in mind that this bot is a collaboration tool. It will not write the poem for you; however, it will coach you through the process of crafting and drafting your own poem.
Use the "Speaker Notes" below each slide.
🧰⚒️ Resources
🧰⚒️ Resources
Glossary of Poetic Terms- a great source from the Poetry Foundation, this includes links to many examples of different poem forms.
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Glossary of Poetic Terms - from the Academy of American Poets, this includes poetic forms, terms and devices.
🏞 Breadcrumb Trail
🏞 Breadcrumb Trail
The "Breadcrumb Trail" for this summative is built into the process of your responses to Poetry 180 and your responses to independent reading throughout the year. Your original thinking will also be reflected in your collaboration with the School AI bot I created for this summative and in the posted Google Slide deck attached to the indicated Google Classroom assignment.
📝 Edit & Revise
📝 Edit & Revise
Although you will have the opportunity to create a trend through revision/additional performances, take the time to edit and revise your work using the resources posted here.
Make sure you have submitted your completed summative to the indicated assignment in Google Classroom by the indicated date/time.
🎭 Rehearse and Perform
🎭 Rehearse and Perform
Rehearse
Rehearse
Review your completed Google Slides and "Speaker Notes" - practicing your response to each of the bullet points in the "speaker notes"
Practice reading your mentor text and original poem aloud- ensuring you have the rhythm and pronunciation correct for each piece.
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Perform
Perform
Manage your slideshow - clicking through as needed.
Be sure to address each of the "speaker notes" .
Demonstrate an understanding of and respect for diversity of thought by respectfully listening to all performances.
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