Prose, Poetry, Paper

Prose, Poetry, Paper Textual Transformation

Warm up- Day 1 Turn and talk to your elbow partner about the following question: how do you think ideas can be transformed into a variety of texts? Be ready to share with the group.

Transformation • line breaks • remove extra words

Prose Whenever I take a walk and I hear crickets I notice that it sounds like they are talking in the very tall grass all late summer long. Later, I observe that when summer seems to me that it’s almost gone I hear the tall dry grass whispering as if it were all alone.

Transform Prose Whenever I take a walk and I hear crickets I notice that it sounds like they are talking in the very tall grass all late summer long. Later, I observe that when summer seems to me that it’s almost gone I hear the tall dry grass whispering as if it were all alone. • Add line breaks. • Remove extra words, but don’t change the meaning.

Transform Prose Rewrite the poem in your notebook below the paragraph. What do you notice about the poem?

Crickets by Valerie Worth Crickets Talk In the tall Grass All Late summer Long. When Summer Is gone, The dry Grass Whispers Alone.

Compare and Contrast How is the poem we created similar to or different from Valerie Worth’s poem? Which poem do you like more? Why? How could these ideas about crickets be transformed into another type of text?

Visualize Listen to Worth’s poem being read aloud. Close your eyes and visualize her images. Draw what your mind’s eye sees when you listen to the poem. Compare and contrast your drawing with that of your elbow partner. Why were there different interpretations of this transformation?

Exit Ticket Think about what we’ve done today with poetry and transformation. Your exit ticket is to write one new thing you’ve thought about or learned related to poetry and transformation.

Warm up- Day 2 Last class we discussed poetry and transformation. On your tables are the exit tickets you completed about your learning. Read a few and discuss any new ideas you see with your elbow partner.

Transformation Review • Add slashes to indicate line breaks • Remove extra words that do not change the meaning of the paragraph.

Transformation Where can you draw slashes in the text of your memoir to indicate line breaks? What extra words can you take out without changing the meaning of your paragraph too much? When you’ve finished the transformation, rewrite your poem below the paragraph in your scrapbook.

Visualization Share your poem with your elbow partner. As you listen to your partner’s poem, sketch the image that comes to your mind. Show your partner your sketch and discuss the lines in the poem that inspired these images.

Revision As a poet, use the feedback from your partner to revise your work. Is the image your partner drew the image that you had in mind? If not, how can you transform your poem to create that image? Take a few minutes to reread your poem and make any necessary revisions.

Torn Paper Images Create an image that represents what you want your readers to visual as they read your poem. First decide what that image is. Close your eyes and see the color, shape, and size of it. This is what you will create with torn paper.

Instructions • On one half of your paper, rewrite the final draft of your poem. Be sure to give your work a title and list yourself as the author. • Next, tear (No cutting!)colored paper into pieces to create a collage image from your poem. • Use a glue stick to secure the pieces to the blank half of the white paper as they are torn. • Continue gluing until the image is fully formed.

Sharing Who would like to share their work with the class?

Prose, Poetry, Paper