Reflection

As part of our creative writing class, we are working on autobiographical writing.  One part of this unit will be focused on poetry, as a different way of expressing memories, experiences, and dreams.  Through this web-based journey, you will be collecting information to use in your poetry by visiting various websites.  These websites will be instrumental in your understanding and application of poetry to express yourself.



Learning Objectives

A) Students will be able to define autobiographical poetry.
B) Students will be able to follow online activities—including web-based reading, viewing, and writing.
C) Students will write four poems using the past, present, and future life/time perspectives.
D) Students will be exposed to different forms of media, i.e. abstract art, photography, lyrics, and websites      to write, enhance, and enrich their poetry experience.


 

Our learning objectives will be aligned with the MN graduation standards.  Specifically, this unit will fall under the Academic Writing and Literary Arts Creation and Performance standards. 

Academic Writing Standard
“A student shall demonstrate the ability to write using grammar, language mechanics, and other conventions of standard written English for a variety of academic purposes and situations by writing original compositions that:

 describe, narrate, or explain observations of human events or situations”

Literary Arts Creation and Performance Standard
“In creative writing, a student shall demonstrated understanding of the elements, techniques, and processes of creative writing and how works of creative writing are structured; and, in creative writing, the student shall create or perform, or both, an original creative writing presentation including a single complex work or multiple works that:

 demonstrates elements and skills of creative writing
 demonstrates artisitic decisions to communicate intent
 demonstrates a sense of artistic whole
 demonstrates a consideration of audience
 uses multple sources for critique and feedback”

--MN Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning

 

Throughout this journey, you will be remembering the past, examining the present, and looking into the future—through poetry.

How does writing poetry capture the places we’ve been, the places we are, and the places we’re going?


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