Month: May 2006

Anti-Bullying Song Research Assignment

Blog an online research about a song that relates to Heather’s workshop(s) about:

  • Bullying
  • Domestic Violence
  • Peace
  • Getting Along

Requirements:

  1. Lyrics, portions cut’pasted with hyperlink to source.
  2. 250-words:
  • What is going on in the song?
  • What is the message the artist is trying to send?
  • How do you feel about this message?
  • How does it focus on the workshop topics?

3. Composer, performer, dates, album art, awards.

4. History, background, items/ideas of interest

5. Hyperlink all sources.

6. Add to Assessment Data Spreadsheet and apply Critical Thinking rubric (1-4)

7. Moderate three comments on your own. Leave plenty of comments, at least three, on other iblogs.

Translations: Idea to Image

Write as quickly as you can and as much as you can using the following list of 4 words in addition to a few spontaneously selected words.
Rage
Order
Justice
Common
Pollute
Addiction
Challenge
Fantastic
Binder

Then remove the listed words from your writing and leave a set of () behind.

Next to each listed word add an “==>”

Idea==>Image

Shut your eyes, think about a word from the list, let the mind “translate” the idea into an image. Write down an image corresponding to each word.

Reinsert these translated images into your ().

Restructure the piece into poetry. Remove words, add line breaks and spacing.

Do not add rhyme.

Ten Minute Spill

Write a ten-line poem. Find a proverb, adage, familiar phrase, or brainy quote that you have changed in some way as well as five of the following words: cliff, blackberry, needle, cloud, voice, mother, whir, lick.

You have ten minutes.

No rhyming.

P.S.
We will be practising poetry posting permanently. Please create categories in your sidebars to begin sorting it all into manageable hierarchies. (Dashboard=>Manage=> Links=>Link Categories).

First Lines

Turn off moderation from your Dashboard==>Options ==>Discussion.

Begin your post with the first line of a poem. Now you go to someone else’s blog and comment the next line. (Meanwhile your post will collect lines for your poem.)
Try to post one line on everyone’s blog.

When you commented on all posts go back to your post and cut and paste as much as you like into a new poem.

Post your finished poem.