POETRY PATCHWORK ~made from memories~   ASSIGNMENT PROCESS RUBRIC REFLECTION TEACHER   ASSIGNMENT Together with your fellow poets, create a patchwork of at least eight original poems (at least two from each group member) that reflect personal experiences and thoughts during this year. Include outdoor education, school, home, teams, and/or other places and experiences. Each poem must be a different poetic style; however, if your group chooses, all the poems may be on the same subject from different perspectives. Visit the following web sites to become acquainted and/or re-acquainted with a variety of poetic styles. At least one poem by each group member must be written in a style selected from these choices. No poetic style may be repeated in the Poetry Patchwork. CINQUAIN DIAMANTE HAIKU HEADLINE LIMERICKS PERSONA HOW TO... SAUSAGE TWIST OF FATE UP & DOWN MODELING ACROSTIC SONGBOOK SESTINA TERZA RIMA Additional ideas may be found at this site as well.     PROCESS First~ Form a team of four poets. Then brainstorm topics that lend themselves to poetry. Now decide who will write in each style. Remember! No style may be repeated in the Poetry Patchwork. Second~ All poets must write at least two poems. Poems should be reviewed by team members for creativity, topic, word choices, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Third~ Revised and edited poems must be typed in a Micorosoft Word document and include: WordArt title Page border Clip Art if and when appropriate to the topic Footer with name and description of poetic style aligned right at the bottom of the page ...and of course~THE POEM Fourth~ All poetics will write a poet's profile in Microsoft Word that includes: Poet's name, age, and home city or town Poet's early experiences with poetry Previous works Sources of inspiration Additional information of interest about poet Digital picture of the poet (arrange to have it taken) Fifth~ Poetry team meets and decides on the order the poems will appear in the Poetry Patchwork, and the following jobs are assigned to team members: Table of Contents Title Page~reach consensus on an original title for the anthology Back Page Dedication Page~As a group reach consensus as to whom or what the Poetry Patchwork will be dedicated and why Sixth~ Put the pages together in the appropriate order and bind them.   RUBRIC Poets will receive a score for their individual poems and a group score for the final completed product. All scoring will be done based on the Poetry Patchwork rubric.   REFLECTION All poets will be required to complete an evaluation of the assignment and submit it with the finished product.   TEACHER Created and Developed by Carole Tauber April 2001 carole_tauber@fc.mcps.k12.md.us