Your Poem Illustrated

Use this creative project as a tool to pay close attention to the particular word choices, images, patterns, sounds, and uses of figurative language in the poem you are doing for Poetry Out Loud.

Use Google Slides to create a power point for this project.  When you are done, copy the link in the comment box below.  Make sure your power point is open for others to view without special permission.  Be sure to include your name and the title of your poem.




How to make your illustrated poem:


1.  Break up your poem into smaller chunks.  If it is a long poem, break it down into groups of 2 lines.  If it is smaller, maybe go line by line.  You'll have to do whatever makes sense for your poem.  You want to break it down so you can attend to very specific details like word choices or images.


2.  Create a slide for each grouping of lines.  Write the lines right on the slide.  Go in chronological order.


3.  Find images that connect to the different word choices, images, patterns, symbols, sounds, and uses of figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, etc.).  Creatively display these images on the same slide as the lines they connect to.  Go for a collage effect that attends to multiple details and layers of meaning rather than just one image for the whole line.


4.  Your final project should consist of multiple slides which contain the smaller groupings of lines and their corresponding images.