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1. Dynamic Poetry Home Teachers Do Illustrations Enhance Poetry? A WebQuest By Tim Matthews & Marc Levinson Students

2. Teachers Teachers Home The objectives of this activity are to: 1.Enhance student comprehension of poetry 2.Improve the ability of the student to: a) make use of artwork illustrations. b) evaluate artwork illustrations for poetry. Task Process Step 1 Students will review websites for poetry. Some poems will be illustrated, and some will not be illustrated. Students will then write opinions about how the illustrations either enhance or detract from the poem and share then share their view in an open discussion. Step 2 Students will next select a poem of their choosing and add an illustration using an appropriate medium for their grade level.* Step 3 Students will create an original poem with an illustration using an appropriate medium for their grade level. *Depending on grade level, tools for illustration may vary. Lower grades may use paper and crayons, KidPics, or PowerPoint. For older students, software, such as iMovie or Garageband would be more appropriate. Evaluation Conclusion Students

3. Task Task Home Step 1 Review websites for poetry. Some poems will be illustrated, and some will not be illustrated. Use Microsoft Excel to write opinions about how the illustrations helped to give you a better understanding of the poem. Then share your opinion with other students in a discussion. Step 2 Next choose a poem and add an illustration that you believe will help others understand the poem better. You may use any software program, or you may use paper with any sort of drawing material you wish. You may even make a collage or other visually creative art form that you choose. Step 3 Create an original poem with an illustration. Again, tools for illustration may vary. Begin by Clicking onProcess Process Evaluation Conclusion Creating and illustrating an original poem: Original poem: Two stanzas, each stanza, 5 points 
 Three forms of figurative language, 3 points each Rhyme scheme present, 5 points
 Two poetic devices: Repetition, alliteration, or assonance, 3 points each Illustration: Illustration complements and conveys the mood of the poem, 15 points Chosen graphic medium is appropriate and project is completed without technical mistakes, Up to 10 points Students Teachers

4. Process Process Home Visit some of the links below. First, go to a site where the poetry is not illustrated (Non Illustrated) and then choose a site where the poems are illustrated. Then decide if you think that the illustrations make the poem easier to understand. Various Poems Maya Angelou Non–illustrated O Captain! My Captain Walt Whitman Non–illustrated The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Illustrated The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Non–illustrated Messy Room Shel Silverstein Non–illustrated The SwingRobert Louis Stevenson Illustrated The Swing Robert Louis Stevenson Non–illustrated Go Next to Evaluationto see the grading rubric for this Quest. Task Evaluation Conclusion Students Teachers

5. Evaluation Evaluation Home Task Process Conclusion Students Teachers

6. Conclusion Conclusion Home Task You will decide if you enjoyed the poetry more or less with the illustrations. What did you learn about poetry during your quest? Do you believe that illustrations add to (enhance) the poem, or do you think they take away from it? Process Conclusion Students Teachers

7. Students Students Home Task In doing this WebQuest we hope to be able to answer this question: “Do illustrations/pictures make understanding poetry easier, or better?” Illustrations are pictures. Like illustrations, poetry gives us a picture in our mind. The only difference is poetry uses words, and illustrations use pictures to paint our ideas. Next go to theTask to find out what to do. Process Evaluation Conclusion