<p> Virtual Poetry</p><p>Rhonda Johnson</p><p>Olympia North Elementary School</p><p>Summer 2005</p><p>Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry Poem from newspaper Emile Berliner wrote for newspapers Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division</p><p>Students are sometimes less than thrilled when they are told they will be doing a poetry lesson. Using the Favorite Poems Project and Virtual Poetry, students will see that poetry reading, and writing can be fun. Students will use technology to bring poems to life. The lesson can be integrated to fit K-6 classrooms by making the lesson more challenging in the length of poems and the amount of technology that is used.</p><p>Overview/ State Standards /Resources/Procedures/Evaluation</p><p>Overview Back to Navigation Bar Objectives Students will:  Have a better appreciation for poetry  Use technology (color, pictures, animation) to enhance their poems Recommended time frame 60 minutes library/ 60 minutes computer lab Grade level K – 6th Curriculum fit Language Arts, Fine Arts, Technology Resources  Image table  Virtual Poetry PowerPoint  Comparison Sheet (Differences) Books:  Poetry books from library Online:  Poems from: Favorite Poems Project http://www.favoritepoem.org/thevideos/lsamuel.html  Virtual poetry examples: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/ondisplay/index.shtml Illinois State Learning Standards Back to Navigation Bar Language Arts GOAL 3: Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.</p><p>An Adventure of the American Mind Illinois State University 2</p><p> 3.B. Compose a well organized and coherent writing for specific purposes and audiences.  3.C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes. GOAL 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations.  4.A. Listen effectively in formal and informal situations.  4.B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience.</p><p>Fine Arts GOAL 26: Through creating and performing, understand how works of art are produced.  26.A. Understand processes, traditional tools and modern technologies used in the arts. </p><p>Procedures Back to Navigation Bar Lesson One:  Introductory Power Point  Read poem from book from library.  Show poems from: Favorite Poems Project  Ask students the following questions: o How did the illustration in the power point presentation differ from the video Casey at the Bat? o Why does illustrating a poem make it easier to interpret? o How did the boy in the video bring the poem Casey at the Bat to life? o What colors, pictures, animation, could you use to bring your poems to life? o It may be easier to use an existing poem, but will it be easier to bring your own poem to life in a presentation?</p><p>Lesson Two:  Show Virtual Poetry examples  Have students write poem or select a poem. Younger students may use words from a word bank.  During Computer lab time have students create PowerPoint using: color, animation, etc.  Present poems using LCD projector</p><p>An Adventure of the American Mind Illinois State University 3 Virtual Poetry</p><p>Evaluation Back to Navigation Bar  Rubric</p><p>An Adventure of the American Mind Illinois State University</p>