Poetry+Project

=POETRY PROJECT=

Find Classical Poems || Find Regular Poems

OPTION 1: MUSIC VIDEO


 * Choose a song and get it approved.
 * Print the lyrics and annotate them. This must be done individually.
 * Write a one paragraph analysis of the lyrics (in your group)
 * Create a music video that artistically illustrates the analysis of the lyrics
 * Keep it middle-school appropriate
 * Choose a poem (honors must choose classical), and annotate and analyze the poem on your own.

OPTION 2: POETRY SLAM


 * Choose 2 poems. (honors must choose one classical)
 * Study the poems and annotate them
 * Write a one paragraph analysis
 * Read one of your poems to the class and explain the theme

OPTION 3: INTERPRETIVE DANCE


 * Choose 2 poems: 1 song and 1 poem (honors must choose classical)
 * Study the poems and annotate them
 * write a one paragraph analysis for both poems
 * Perform an interpretive dance to the song that matches your analysis of the song lyrics

Links to Classical Poems


 * [|Shakespeare Sonnets]
 * [|Emily Dickinson]
 * [|Robert Frost]
 * [|John Donne]
 * [|Edgar Allan Poe]
 * [|Elizabeth Barrett Browning]

Links to Regular Poems
 * [|Teen Poetry]
 * [|Poems by Category]
 * [|Elizabeth Bishop]
 * [|Langston Hughes]
 * [|Maya Angelou]