Poetry Mash Up

Poetry Mash-up

Here is an assignment that Lisa Colburn and I co-created at St. Elizabeth CHS for her Senior level English class. This can easily be modified for a Junior or Intermediate class; what would change would be the level of analysis.

What was most amazing about watching students work is that no one had time to pull out their phones or do other homework: the students were on-task for two consecutive 76 minute periods. They were proud of their creations and there was no worry of plagiarism.

Click here for a copy of the assignment.

Click here for a copy of the assessment checklist we used (based on Oral Communication Strand (Speaking Expectations)--Ontario Curriculum