Photos for six room poem Put on Slide Show Mode to view The Titanic “In the Moment” Photos for six room poem Language Arts Put on Slide Show Mode to view Images courtesy of the Titanic Photo Gallery History.com

The Titanic 1912

Promenade Deck on the Titanic

The Titanic Bow Construction

The Titanic Propellors

The Titanic at Southhampton

Ice-burg that The Titanic hit

Message of Distress

People in lifeboat

Titanic Orphans

Captain John Edwards

Life jacket inspection

Life boat 12 On Carpathia

On Deck

Walking on Deck

Steerage settling in

Life boat at Carpathia

Follow directions for your six room poem….. Now, pick the photo that makes a significant impact on you. Follow directions for your six room poem…..

The Titanic in Six Rooms How to plan your Poem

Create your Six Room Template… Get a large sheet of white paper Fold it into 6 equal parts Each part will be a room The following slides will explain the detailed notes you should jot down for each room Next slide….

In the first room … Specific Details – Analyze your photographs for all the specific details. Imagine that you can walk through your photograph as if you were really there. Jot down everything you can that would describe everything in the picture, including why YOU might be there. Include details about the big things that are visible, the little things, the partially hidden things, the things most people might not notice at first glance. Look at the photo and close your eyes re-creating the photo in your mind to think of more details. Don’t think of creating a poem yet. Just try to describe everything….

In the second room … Put yourself into the photograph again. Focus on the quality of light in your photograph. Is it bright? Is it dull? Is it hazy? Are there any shadows? Describe any colors (you will have to imagine the colors in the black and white photo, but you know there were colors.) If it’s unclear what the light is like you might have to use some poetic license and make it up You can also describe colors Or if your image is, for example, the stars, describe their light – shiny, sparkling, red, blue

In the third room … What do you hear? Focus on the sounds in your photograph….. If your photo has no people in it, you can leave it that way – perhaps there are sounds of the air, sounds of the sea, background sounds, rustlings, etc. If there is silence in your photo, what kind of silence is there? Empty? Lonely? Peaceful? Tense? OR.. you can imagine the photo with people in it from the time period. What array of sounds would there be?

In room number four … What questions do you have? Write down questions you have about the photograph or questions you may ask if you were in the photograph… What things would you want to know more about? What things do you wonder about? What tweaks your curiosity? Who? What? When? Where? How?

In the fifth room… Write down the emotional feelings in your photograph. What are the moods created? What are the tones that the photograph is sending? Hint……… If your photograph has no people, think of your photograph with people in it. What emotional feelings might they be portraying? The emotional feelings can include fears, ambitions, anxieties, positive emotions, negative emotions, neutral emotions!

Finally, in room number six … Look over the 5 rooms you have already created. Pull out a word that seems important and repeat it three times. Create a phrase from the 5 rooms that seems important and repeat it three times OR….. create a longer line or sentence to repeat three times.

Now create a poem … Read over everything you wrote in the six rooms….. Your job now is to put it together into a free verse poem of your own. Adding elements of poetry like… similes, metaphors, personification… anything that helps to capture the rooms and the details you have. You can re-arrange the rooms if you like You can eliminate a room if you like Add words, phrases, lines or take some out

PowerPoint Presentation After creating your poem, analyze it. Read it to yourself. REVISE YOUR POEM. Write your final copy on a new PowerPoint presentation in stanzas (1 stanza per slide). Include a title slide with your author name. Insert the image at the beginning of the slide. Also insert images in places you feel are best.

Going beyond the PowerPoint … After creating your final power-point, do something really original! This is optional but can be very effective (and increase your grade)! Save your PowerPoint slides as jpeg images and import them into Photo Story (PC Users), Book Creators (Mac Users) or Voice Thread (everybody users…lol). MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR PARENTS APPROVAL BEFORE DOWNLOADING ANY PROGRAM. You may have to modify your slides so font is bigger for the Photo Story. Narrate your slides in the program you choose If you do not choose to use Photo Story, you may think about narrating your PowerPoint slides to add “voice” to your poem.

Let’s Review Criteria Overview: Poem is a free verse poem utilizing analysis skills of an authentic photograph Analyze the chosen photograph by collecting notes in six rooms (room 1 details, room 2 colors, lights, visual sensory descriptions, room 3 sounds, room 4 questions, room 5 emotional feelings and moods, room 6 phrases worthy of repetition) From the 6 rooms complete detailed free verse poem Elements of poetic devices should be evident: similes, metaphors, personification, etc. Analysis of rough draft should be completed with a revised poem. Include a PowerPoint presentation with photos, title, and author page

Rubric (Your BFF) Category Level 4 (20 points) Level 3 (15 points) Depth/Complexity Creativity Final Grade: _____ Complex thinking evident in poetry with details and abstract phrases – develops complex concepts in highly creative ways. Evidence of using models provided. Complex thinking evident with adequate details. Some development of complex concepts with creativity. Some complex thinking shown in poetry but overall development is lacking. There was no complex thinking shown in poetry, and overall development is lacking. Vocabulary Utilizes a variety of high level vocabulary in appropriate ways, weaving it throughout the poem. Utilizes some high level vocabulary in appropriate ways throughout poem. More variety would enhance product. Higher level vocabulary is lacking or used inappropriately. No higher level vocabulary was used. Poetic Elements High variety of poetic elements and techniques are woven throughout poem with mood shifts and central ideas established for effectiveness. Poetic elements and techniques are evident but more variety would enhance product. Mood shifts and central ideas could be enhanced. Few poetic elements were used. Mood shifts are missing and central idea is somewhat clear. Poetic elements are brief, lacking variety. Mood shifts are missing and central idea is not clear. Evidence of Criteria Followed All criteria was followed with thorough task commitment. Criteria was mostly followed. Attempt to follow the criteria is evident. Criteria was not followed or has evidence of confusion. PowerPoint Presentation All criteria was followed. Presentation includes animation and narration through the use of a multimedia program suggested. All criteria was followed for the presentation requirements. Some of the presentation requirements were followed. None of the presentation requirements were followed.