Process
To accomplish your task, you will need to follow the steps below.
***Also, make sure to use in-text citations in MLA format on your pages for easy reference!***
Use the following links as a starting point for your research. Please use credible sources, not Wikipedia. Use websites that are .edu, .gov, .net, .org
Some sample sites you can use are:
- First, you will research a poet of your choosing.
- Gather all of the information that you can about the poet making sure to use the suggestions on the task page.
- Compile the information about your poet into one of the ways from the task page.
***Also, make sure to use in-text citations in MLA format on your pages for easy reference!***
- show information on:
- An introduction of them, including their picture and full birth name.
- Their early life
- Their education
- Their life
- married?
- children?
- Their big break!
- Best sellers and awards. Include a picture of their most famous work, if possible.
- Interesting facts about them
- Death?
- show information on:
- After creating the biography, make a separate slide, page, or piece of paper that includes:
- Their most interesting poem.
- Then, write a poem in their style. Include your poem on this slide.
- Make sure that you include a sources page, in which you list your sources in MLA format.
- You will present your findings to the class at the end of the unit!
- Make sure to make your presentation colorful and interesting!
- Please share your project with me on Google Drive, or print me a copy. If it is a poster I will need to keep it to grade.
Use the following links as a starting point for your research. Please use credible sources, not Wikipedia. Use websites that are .edu, .gov, .net, .org
Some sample sites you can use are:
- The Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/
- Poets' Corner: http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
- Spotlight on Voices & Visions: http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/index.html (Listen to poets read their poems and follow links to find out more about the poet and their ideas.)
- The Internet Poetry Archive: http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/