6th Graders

A Walk on Your Poetic Side

Scrapbook: Collecting and Organizing Your Research

 

Created by Mrs. Leach

 

Introduction | Instructions | Places | Facts | Opinions & Quotations | Images | Tools

 
Introduction
Good poets not only write poems they believe their audience will find informative and interesting, they also research and gather important information to become as well informed as possible about the style of poetry they are writing.  When you are writing different styles of poetry, people will want to know how you know what you know, and where you got this information from.  It is very important to make sure the sources you use to find information are credible.  You need to know as much about a style of poetry before you being writing in that style!

 

Instructions

Your task is to visit each of the websites below and copy and paste

images, text, and/or audio/video into Word.  These websites are simply

a starting place for you.  You may use other sources, but you must

make sure to cite them properly.  You will be looking for information

on poets and their style of poetry. You need to find information on three styles of poetry

and also three separate authors.

Several Tools are linked on this page to help you complete and show your scrapbook.

Specifically, you will:

  1. Surf the Internet sites linked below.
  2. Copy any text you want by dragging across the words then using the Edit - Copy command on the menu bar. Paste into a basic text editor, word processor, desktop publishing program or multimedia software.
  3. Save images you like by downloading them (Note: check with the authors of the page to see if any copyright rules apply.  A good practice to get into is to use the email link on the page that has an image you want an ask permission. You might be surprised at the response you get.) Either paste the images you've downloaded into a multimedia, paint or desktop publishing program (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, or Publisher, OpenOffice).
  4. Once the scrapbook assignment is completed, review it carefully so that you can give clear and thoughtful reasons why you found the things you collected especially important.

 

Poetry Examples

·        Poetry For Kids

·        Giggle Poetry

·        Scholastic Poetry

 

Poets

·        Famous Poets

 

Images

·        Google

·        AltaVista

·        Clip Art in Microsoft Word

·        Some of the poetry sites include authors photos, you may use if permission is granted

Tools
          As you are copying and pasting information into your Word document, take the time to cite each source when you find it.  This will save you time in the end when you put together your works cited page and list the resources that helped you create your scrapbook page(s).

           

References

Software