Task
First things first...
From this list pick one poet for the focus of the project. You ill be researching and mimicking this poet so please remember it. Write it down if you think you will forget it.
Poets you may chose from:
From this list pick one poet for the focus of the project. You ill be researching and mimicking this poet so please remember it. Write it down if you think you will forget it.
Poets you may chose from:
- Maya Angelou
- Emily Dickinson
- Shel Silverstien
- Ben Johnson
- Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
- Lascelles Abercrombie
- Robert Frost
- or any of the people in the photos above
In this activity, your assignment is to pick a poet and find everything you can on them!
1. Compile a short biography for them, in which you include: ~A picture of them ~Their full birth name ~When/ where they were born ~Their first publication ~Best sellers ~Any awards? ~When/ where they died |
Choose one of the following ways to present section 1:
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2. Write a short response (1-2 paragraphs) on your favorite poem by the selected poet and why you like it.
3. Write a poem mimicking the style of that poem. (I am not grading on how well the poem is written, but how well you mimicked the style)
3. Write a poem mimicking the style of that poem. (I am not grading on how well the poem is written, but how well you mimicked the style)