Lesson Introduction:
Tired of trite imagery and sickly sweet words on Valentine's Day? Let's stomp on that box of chocolates! By creating an iMovie storyboard of a poem with pencil sketches, this mini-unit helps students SLOW down their recitation, learn a poem by heart, recite with emotion, and respond to poetry in multi-modal ways.
Learning Objectives:
In this lesson, students will have opportunities to:
- Use art and digital literacy to comprehend and interpret written texts.
- Recognize how literary elements, techniques and devices enhance and shape meaning and impact.
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Use design processes to plan, develop and create an engaging visual text to perfect intonation, volume
and pacing as well as memorization.
Materials and Resources:
To teach this lesson, you will need:
- access to video recording software (iMovie)
- cameras/laptops
- class projector and speakers
- small sheets of sketching paper
- pencils / coloured pencils / fine sharpies
- access to Poetry in Voice online anthology
- peer assessment rubric
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