Name __________________________

Date assigned ________________

Due Date ________________

Second Quarter Poetry and Figurative Language Project

Task: You will create an electronic anthology of poems in Microsoft Power Point. This anthology
will need to contain examples and explanations of many types and elements of poetry.

You will use the computer lab and media center to research and complete this project. We will
study the requirements and have ample work time in class. Time management will be very
important for this project. Students that do not finish their work at school must complete this
project after school or at home. It is very important that you are in class to gain all the
knowledge and time required to complete this assignment.

You will keep a folder containing all work for this project. It will be very important to organize
your notes and work for this project and cite all sources. Make sure you are saving your work
periodically. You may bring a flash drive to save your project at school and take home. It is not
a requirement! It will be the student’s responsibility to keep up a flash drive.

The appearance of your book will also be very important. This is an opportunity to be creative.
Don’t copy how a friend makes their book. Creativity will be a portion of your grade.

This is a major ELA grade for second quarter! The checkpoint will count as a quiz grade. At the
checkpoint you will be expected to have a portion of your project complete. The final project
will count as a test/project grade. This will be very fun and a great opportunity to be creative.

Check point for project: December 18th, 2009

This project will be due: Friday, January 8th, 2009.

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Checklist for Completed Anthology:
○ Cover page with art, title, name, teacher, and date
○ Table of Contents
○ 3 or more poems that you have written
○ 1 must be a Cinquain
○ 1 must be a Lyric
○ The rest are your choice
○ 1 Haiku
○ 1 Limerick
○ 1 Concrete
○ 3 or more poems that include examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor,
personification, imagery, hyperbole, idiom)
○ 1 or more write-ups any of the above poems (after each poem)
○ 3 or more Illustrations or Pictures that match the poem
○ Cite all sources for poems and art on the page it is on.

Poem Write-Ups
For each write up you will need to prove that you understand the elements of poetry. Write
ups must be directly after the poem in your anthology. They do not have to be long. The write
ups must be at least one good paragraph.

Write up Requirements:
• Identify voice and audience.
○ Who is speaking?
○ Who is the audience?
○ What is the mood/tone?
• Describe the form.
○ Identify the type of poem.
○ Explain how the poem is organized.
• Explain how language and sound patterns are used.
○ Describe the rhythm/meter of the poem.
○ Describe sound patterns used.
○ Identify figurative language is used. What does it mean?
• Share personal thoughts.
○ What does this poem mean to you?
○ What is the author’s purpose?
○ What is the message or moral of this poem?

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 ○ Do you like or dislike this poem? Why?

Checkpoint Rubric
Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Requirements I have found I have found I have found I have found
and and and typed and written
typed/written typed/written /written a few none of my
most poems some poems poems and poems.
and write-ups. and write-ups. write-ups.

Organization I have all my I have some of My research is I have lost

research my research in many more than two
organized in organized in different places sheets .
my folder. my folder but and not in my
one or two folder. I have
sheets are in lost one sheet.
other folders. I
have not lost
any sheets.
Sources Source Source Source I have source
information information information information for
collected for all collected some collected for a none of my
of my poems. of my poems. few of my poems.
poems.

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http://www.dmturner.org/English/Poetry/elements.htm

http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do

http://www.jackprelutsky.com/

http://www.shelsilverstein.com

http://www.nps.gov/archive/carl/welcome.htm

http://www.nps.gov/carl/index.htm

http://www.roalddahl.com/