Poet Film Documentary Project

Please turn in your homework: Drawing evidence from the poems in D.H. Lawrence's collection, write a paragraph review of D.H. Lawrence's poetry: what is his style? What did you notice about his style? How does Lawrence use poetic crafting techniques in his poetry? (look for imagery, style, meter, stanza form, diction, tone, theme, figurative language, etc.)

Let's complete the following poems from the collection:

• "Fish" (pg. 46)
• "Bat" (pg. 50)
• "The Mosquito" (pg. 52)
• "Hummingbird" (pg. 54)
• "Pomegranate" (pg. 55)
• "Medlars & Sorb Apples" (pg. 56) 

POETRY PROMPT: Using your list (created last class) of animals that disturb you, or that you don't generally find lovely, write a poem about the beauty or importance of that animal. You may also choose a flower, fruit, shrub, or tree and research its meaning. Use that meaning as a metaphor/symbol in a poem. Use D.H. Lawrence's poems as a model.

IN THE LAB: Poet Film Documentary Project

Using the script you were supposed to have completed last class (see previous post), you may record your VOICE OVER using our microphones or your own equipment (similar to your film projects in Journalism), or...

use the time in the lab today gathering images/resources and inputting these into a MovieMaker project. Use the JPG's and GIFs that you find to assist your voice over in creating a short documentary about your chosen poet.

You will also want to choose 1 poem that this poet wrote and perform (read and record) that text as well. Your video project should include your voice over script (see previous post) AND a poem by the author that you perform.

If you did not complete your script, do that first. Realize that you are falling behind and catch up!

• Work on your poet film documentary today in class.
• You may also use the time in the lab to write creatively. See previous poetry prompts, or the prompt above and try writing a draft of a poem.

HOMEWORK: Complete anything you haven't completed in class/lab today. Write poetry.