Poetry+Project

I Love to Rhyme...All the Time!  Books full of poetry will be our independent reading books of choice for the next several weeks. We will be looking through, reading, and enjoying various poetry books in class during the next two weeks. Your student will have chosen a poem that is at least eight lines long, and it will be attached to this letter. Please help them to memorize their poem and produce an accompanying visual representation of the poem. ** __The project is due on October 29th (please do not send the project in early).__ ** All parts of this project will be completed at home. Thanks for your help and happy rhyming!  The final project for this will be an ** oral interpretation ** of a selected poem of their choice, accompanied by a ** collage or multimedia poster **. This means they will be responsible for memorizing and reciting a poem to the class at the same time they show their visual interpretation of the poem. I will model a presentation for the students and have an example of a visual interpretation of a poem in class for the children to view.   ** Oral Interpretation **  ** To meet standards: **  ___ Poem’s title and poet’s name is stated  ___ Strong voice and good eye contact with the audience   ** To exceed standards: ** ___ Poem is memorized and presented in an expressive manner (props can be used!)  ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Visual Interpretation **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> ** To meet standards: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> ___ Project completed on tag board, poster board, or card board <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">___ Project includes pictures (use magazines, drawings, mosaic construction paper, computer images, etc.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> ___ Title of poem and poet’s name <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> ___ Your name <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> ___ Proper spelling, neat and legible <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> ___ Overall neatness <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">