Name: Due: Pop-Up Poetry (Pre-AP)
In the 1990s, the cable channel VH1 created a show called Pop-Up Video. Music videos were shown accompanied by pop-up text windows that contained information about the performers, the making of the video, the lyrics, or even random bits of trivia related to a single word in a lyric. For example, if a person was shown making canned soup, a window showed the number of cans sold yearly plus the most popular flavors. Assignment: Find a song or a poem to respond to with at least eight research pop-ups in a Microsoft Word document. 1. Select a favorite song or poem that contains enough meaningful words or phrases for you to find seven on which to conduct research. 2. Your song/poem must be submitted to me for approval (printed or shown to me online) before you start research in class! You don’t want to waste a day’s work on a song/poem that won’t meet the research requirements. Pop 3. Include the following eight (8) pop-ups (more if you wish): up 1 pop up—Information about the performer/songwriter/poet—OR about the song/poem itself (CD/album it appeared on, when it was written, any interesting or unusual information about how/why it was written or any of its performances, meaning of its title if not obvious, changes made, etc.). 7 pop ups—Find and research information (even “random trivia”) about a word or phrase from the song/poem. The information must be interesting, concise, and relevant. 4. Your research resources must include at least one source from each of the following categories: Any of the Lowery library’s online database or eResources (see Lowery Library web page). Note: Be sure you have the user name/password info for these—get handout from me or the library; and/or see copies posted in my classroom. Gale Databases will find almost anything/anyone you need! ***These databases give you the MLA works cited info already formatted correctly. Dictionary—if online, use Merriam Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com/); it can also format works cited info for you.
Caution: You must only use credible (reliable) websites—NOT Wikipedia, ask.com, or IMDB. On day 1 of the project, I’ll show you why Wikipedia is NEVER, EVER considered credible/reliable.
Assemble (and staple) your Pop-Up presentation in this order: 1. Rubric 2. First page(s)—contains MLA heading and the beginning of your poem/lyrics. (Use template on my website.) If your poem/song is more than two pages long, stop at the end of the second page anyway. 3. Last page—MLA Works Cited page.
Avoiding Plagiarism—Use MLA-format citations for all material you didn’t create yourself (a legal and ethical requirement). Document all possible citation information somewhere as you research! (Copy and paste on an extra page, in a separate Word doc, etc.) Don’t wait until you’ve found and used several items or (curse of all curses) at the end of your project. Why? You’ll NEVER find it again easily…or at all. (Trust me—I’ve made that mistake.) As you collect research information, compile an MLA-style Works Cited page. This information will become the final page of your Microsoft Word file. (See the separate handout for correct MLA format). You must demonstrate that you understand how to quote information directly as well as paraphrase information. However, in both cases, you must still document your sources—cite your info using MLA-style parenthetical citations in each of your individual pop-up boxes and add the full MLA citation info to your Works Cited page. Note: If you use two sources for one pop-up box’s research, you’ll have two parenthetical citations. See my “You and Me” song example. The rule is always this: If you didn’t create it, you must give credit for it!
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MLA-Style Citations for Pop-Up Poetry Project Your final Works Cited page for your Pop-Up Poetry project should be formatted like this: Double-spaced (yes, it’s really ugly). First line of each entry left-justified (starts at left margin); any other lines in an entry will be indented with a tab (easiest way is to use hanging indent paragraph formatting). Notice where periods, commas, colons, semicolons, and italics go—MLA format is super picky, and I will grade looking for correct format. Also notice the order each type of citation element goes in; again, I’ll grade for correct order. It’s tedious, but this is exactly how it’s done in the business world, too (been there, done that…and for good pay). After you have all your citation entries listed, you’ll be able to alphabetize them (see below). Remember that the short version of these citations—your parenthetical citations that you’ll use in your pop-ups—will come from the first “chunk” of your Works Cited page entries (plus page number if a print/hard copy source). This is the chunk before the first period. Therefore, you must have a Works Cited entry completed before you can determine its correct parenthetical citation to put into its pop-up box. (See examples on next page).
Works Cited
“Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?” Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella on
Broadway. Broadway Theater. n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2015.
Hawking, Stephen. “Stephen Hawking: How to Build a Time Machine.” Mail Online. Associated
Newspapers Ltd., 27 April 2010. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
Lifehouse. “About.” Facebook. n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2015.
“Lifehouse Lyrics: You and Me Lyrics.” Metrolyrics. CBS Interactive Inc., 2013. Web. 2015
Jan. 19.
“Lifehouse Readying Third Album.” Billboard. Billboard, 22 Mar. 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
“Time.” Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996.
Print.
Trust, Gary. “Radio, Records Reflect on Adult Pop’s First 15 Years.” Billboard. Billboard, 22
Mar. 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
On the next pages, you’ll see the basic MLA citation formats for the types of resources you’ll most likely use for your Pop-Up Poetry research.
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Author’s Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Book with One Publication. Medium of Publication. Author Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996. Print. Example Parenthetical citation in pop-up text (author last name and page number): (Tolkien, J.R.R. 67)
Author’s Lastname, Firstname (if available). “Title of Article/Page.” Name of Website. Article/Page in a Website Publisher Name, Publication Date. Medium of Publication. Date of access. Website Graff, Gary. "Lifehouse Featuring Natasha Bedingfield: Between the Raindrops." Billboard. Billboard, 6 Oct. 2012. Web. 21 Jan. 2014. Example Parenthetical citation in pop-up text: (Graff, Gary)
Entry in an “Title of Entry.” Title of Online Dictionary or Encyclopedia. Title of Dictionary Publisher, Online Date of Publication. Medium of Publication. Date of access. Dictionary or Encyclopedia
"Time.” Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 2014. Web. 23 Jan. Examples: 2014. Entry in an Online Parenthetical citation in pop-up text: Dictionary (“Time”)
"Einstein, Albert." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1999. Web. 23 Jan. 2014. Entry in an Online Encyclopedia Parenthetical citation in pop-up text: (“Einstein, Albert”)
Author’s real Lastname, Firstname (Author’s screen/username if different). “Title of Tweet or Entry.” Message date and time. Medium of Publication. Date of access. Facebook entries Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet. 19 Jan. 2014. Example Parenthetical citation in pop-up text: (Athar, Sohaib)
Author’s real Lastname, Firstname (Author’s screen/username if different). “Title of Facebook page Entry.” Website. Medium of Publication. Date of access.
Lifehouse. “About.” Facebook. Web. 25 Jan. 2014. Example Parenthetical citation in pop-up text: (Lifehouse)
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Take research or other notes here so that you don’ lose them:
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Name: Period: Date:
Due Date: ______
Rubric: Pop-Up Poetry (Pre-AP) Test Grade Poem/Song Lyrics Correct MLA format (including heading) 4 8 12 16 page(s) Title and performer/author included in correct format Poem/lyrics typed in stanzas; few or no typos Pop Up 1 2-4 sentences about the performer/songwriter/poet OR 2 4 6 8 about the song/poem itself MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Pop Up 2 2-4 sentences of relevant, interesting info about a word or 2 4 6 8 phrase from poem/lyrics that you researched MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Pop Up 3 2-4 sentences of relevant, interesting info about a word or 2 4 6 8 phrase from poem/lyrics that you researched MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Pop Up 4 2-4 sentences of relevant, interesting info about a word or 2 4 6 8 phrase from poem/lyrics that you researched MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Pop Up 5 2-4 sentences of relevant, interesting info about a word or 2 4 6 8 phrase from poem/lyrics that you researched MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Pop Up 6 2-4 sentences of relevant, interesting info about a word or 2 4 6 8 phrase from poem/lyrics that you researched MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Pop Up 7 2-4 sentences of relevant, interesting info about a word or 2 4 6 8 phrase from poem/lyrics that you researched MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Pop Up 8 2-4 sentences of relevant, interesting info about a word or 2 4 6 8 phrase from poem/lyrics that you researched MLA parenthetical citation(s) for each research source Works Cited Page Correct MLA format 4 8 12 16 20 All sources referenced All required sources used Appropriate type of sources Total Points
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