Multimodal+Poetry

Greg McVerry's Blog Intertextual Revolution Video features Kay Ryan and her poem Turtle media type="custom" key="12026449" align="center"

Thinking about how poets write about social justice issues such as W.S. Merwin's Bread Classroom Activity media type="custom" key="12026599" align="center"
 * 1) Choose a social issue
 * 2) Research the issue and write a paragraph
 * 3) Highlight words and phrases in your paragraph that are important or poetic
 * 4) Convert prose to poetry. Write a poem using those words and phrases.
 * 5) Create a multimodal poem using sounds, text, and images

Classroom Activity media type="custom" key="12026645" align="center" media type="custom" key="12026649"
 * 1) Choose a social justice issue
 * 2) Tell cell phone photos related to the issue
 * 3) FInd additional images online; follow links to associated text
 * 4) Highlight words or phrases in the text that are important or poetic
 * 5) Convert prose to poetry: Write a poem using those words or phrases.
 * 6) Create a multimodal poem