POETRY WITH PASSION AND PERFORMANCE PROJECT
Overall Aims
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A Flat Connections Global Project
created by Christine Trimnell Coming to you once again in 2019! Interested? Check out the FlatConnections website for further details http://www.flatconnections.com/global-projects/ 
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Overview of Project
Targeted Age Range / Grades: 8-13yr olds / Grades 3,4,5,6
Student Groupings: Students will be placed into groups of 8-12 students across 3-4 schools
Duration of Project: 8 weeks (minimum 1 session per week, but preferably 2)
Dates: Starts Monday 15th March 15
Digital Tools/ Programs: Edmodo, Google Docs, Zoom Tchr meetings) Zoom (classroom - optional), own fav program for creating multimedia (eg. iMovie, Photostory, Powerpoint, Sway, MovieMaker, Powtoon, Google slides, Voicethread, etc)
Presentation of multimedia poetry: This Weebly website!
Prerequisites: Teachers and students should be registered with Edmodo (free) and be familiar with communicating this way before the project begins. See Resources - Tech Support
Students should have some knowledge of Digital Citizenship - Edmodo Code of Conduct
Overview Weekly Timeline (details to come)
8Teachers, please note:
1. It is your choice to complete 1 or 2 lessons a week over the course of the 8 weeks. The first column is compulsory and all participants will be expected to undertake all steps. If you have more time and/or an additional person who could work with you on this project then please complete column 2 as well.
2. The scaffolded poems for students to complete will be forwarded through Edmodo groups.
1. It is your choice to complete 1 or 2 lessons a week over the course of the 8 weeks. The first column is compulsory and all participants will be expected to undertake all steps. If you have more time and/or an additional person who could work with you on this project then please complete column 2 as well.
2. The scaffolded poems for students to complete will be forwarded through Edmodo groups.
Value |
1 Lesson only (must be completed) |
2nd Lesson in Week (optional, but encouraged!) |
Pre-Week 1 |
All students join Edmodo PoetryPP group Handshake by teachers |
Share some 'performance' poems from Resource folder. Students encouraged to perform poems as indiv/groups/class |
Week 1 |
Handshake by students Intro self and post |
Share some 'performance' poems from Resource folder. Write an Acrostic name poem and post. http://www.namepoem.org/ |
Week 2 |
Read replies and comment. Complete the 1 line poem and post to group. |
Create own class poem based on examples above or own ideas. |
Week 3 |
Open Google doc, add own ideas to 1st poem and share. If time complete 2nd poem and share. |
Every week practice your poem - aiming for a whole class performance and a recording. |
Week 4 |
Open Google doc and add own ideas to 3rd poem. Share. Teacher to discuss rubric with students. |
Share some poems in the Google Doc and discuss. Consider writing new versions of these too! |
Week 5 |
Work with a partner from own school. Decide on preferred poetry format (1st, 2nd or 3rd poem). Co-create one new poem using some of one's own previously created lines and some lines from others (outside own school). |
Share some poems in the Google Doc and discuss. Consider writing new versions of these too! |
Week 6 |
Continue working with partner from own school. Use multimedia of own choice to present the poem that was co-created last week. |
Use class session to complete multimedia poems, if additional time needed. Otherwise as above. |
Week 7 |
Complete new multimedia poem. Teacher to upload to this website. (assistance provided) |
Use class session to complete multimedia poems, if additional time needed. Otherwise as above. |
Week 8 |
Poetry Café Celebration View poems uploaded to website and vote on favourite poems. Zoom/Skype classroom connections, if possible |
Record class poem as a movie and upload to website. (assistance provided, if needed) View student work and use rubric to assess own student work. |
Assessment - Click here for rubric
Assessment - Click here for an editable version of the rubric
Curriculum Links - Australian National Curriculum
English (all levels)
Language ( Text structure and organisation; Expressing and developing ideas)
Literature (Examining Literature; Creating Literature)
Literacy (Creating texts- including multimodal )
Media Arts
Levels 3-6 - Use media technologies to create time and space through the manipulation of images, sounds and text when telling stories
- Plan, create and present media artworks for specific purposes with awareness of responsible media practice
Digital Technologies - Collaborating and managing
Levels 3 and 4 - Work with others to plan the creation and communication of ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols.
Levels 5 and 6 - Manage the creation and communication of ideas and information including online collaborative projects, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols
Language ( Text structure and organisation; Expressing and developing ideas)
Literature (Examining Literature; Creating Literature)
Literacy (Creating texts- including multimodal )
Media Arts
Levels 3-6 - Use media technologies to create time and space through the manipulation of images, sounds and text when telling stories
- Plan, create and present media artworks for specific purposes with awareness of responsible media practice
Digital Technologies - Collaborating and managing
Levels 3 and 4 - Work with others to plan the creation and communication of ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols.
Levels 5 and 6 - Manage the creation and communication of ideas and information including online collaborative projects, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols
