Poetry Presentations

For your poetry Presentation of 5-7 minutes, you are required to present...

1. your poem and
2. your poet;
3. however, you must have a digital visual medium - PowerPoint, iMovie, Prezi, etc.

The options in terms of which digital visual medium are up to you.

You can give an oral presentation with PowerPoint Slides - or go further and make a Prezi or iMovie.

You must post your presentation to your blog - and YouTube if need be.

The order is up to you: What works best for you?

You can talk poem, then bio,  and explain the poem - or

Explain the poem, share the poem, and teach us about the poet.

Bottom line question: In 5-7 minutes, what do you want us to know
about your poet
and poem that makes both more interesting to your classmates?



Questions to Consider:

• Where did your poet grow up?
• Where did your poet go to school?
• What inspired your poet to write poetry? 
• How does your poet define poetry? What is his or her ars peotica?
• What other poets influenced your poet to write poetry?
• Who has your poet influenced? 
• Was your poet a part of a school or movement? See this Poetry Timeline.

On your blog, post links to the biography of your poet - curate a few interesting points with hyperlinks.

• Note the imagery and symbolism: select images 
• Note the theme and motifs
• Note the figurative language:
• Note the alliteration, assonance, consonance, meter 
• Note the allusions or references
• Note the rhyme scheme, form, enjambment etc.
• Note the tone - and shifts in tone

If you're looking for inspiration or "How to" Videos....Google it - and check youtube!
Tremendous resources are available! 
If you find a good one, please email it and I will share it below...

Thanks to Ashley for sharing: 




Need help with Prezi? 

Here's a good video that I discovered via Twitter:

Got 7 minutes? Learn how to use #Prezi: http://t.co/5pJQjWTc1p. pic.twitter.com/hD4Oyo7Xey
— Prezi (@prezi) April 22, 2014

Some inspiration of video with words: