Prose, Poetry, Paper
Textual Transformation
Warm up- Day 1
Turn and talk to your elbow partner about the
following question: how do you think ideas can
be transformed into a variety of texts?
Be ready to share with the group.
Transformation
1. line breaks
2. remove extra words
Prose
Whenever I take a walk and I hear crickets I
notice that it sounds like they are talking in the
very tall grass all late summer long. Later, I
observe that when summer seems to me that
it’s almost gone I hear the tall dry grass
whispering as if it were all alone.
Transform Prose
Whenever I take a walk and I hear crickets I notice
that it sounds like they are talking in the very tall
grass all late summer long. Later, I observe that
when summer seems to me that it’s almost gone I
hear the tall dry grass whispering as if it were all
alone.
1. Add line breaks.
2. Remove extra words, but don’t change the
meaning.
Transform Prose
Rewrite the poem in your notebook below the
paragraph.
What do you notice about the poem?
Crickets by Valerie Worth
Crickets
Talk
In the tall
Grass
All
Late summer
Long.
When
Summer
Is gone,
The dry
Grass
Whispers
Alone.
Compare and Contrast
How is the poem we created similar to or
different from Valerie Worth’s poem?
Which poem do you like more? Why?
How could these ideas about crickets be
transformed into another type of text?
Visualize
Listen to Worth’s poem being read aloud.
Close your eyes and visualize her images.
Draw what your mind’s eye sees when you listen
to the poem.
Compare and contrast your drawing with that of
your elbow partner. Why were there different
interpretations of this transformation?
Exit Ticket
Think about what we’ve done today with poetry
and transformation. Your exit ticket is to write
one new thing you’ve thought about or learned
related to poetry and transformation.
Warm up- Day 2
Last class we discussed poetry and
transformation.
On your tables are the exit tickets you
completed about your learning.
Read a few and discuss any new ideas you see
with your elbow partner.
Transformation Review
1. Add slashes to indicate line breaks
2. Remove extra words that do not change the
meaning of the paragraph.
Transformation
Where can you draw slashes in the text of your
memoir to indicate line breaks?
What extra words can you take out without
changing the meaning of your paragraph too
much?
When you’ve finished the transformation,
rewrite your poem below the paragraph in your
scrapbook.
Visualization
Share your poem with your elbow partner.
As you listen to your partner’s poem, sketch the
image that comes to your mind.
Show your partner your sketch and discuss the
lines in the poem that inspired these images.
Revision
As a poet, use the feedback from your partner
to revise your work.
Is the image your partner drew the image that
you had in mind?
If not, how can you transform your poem to
create that image?
Take a few minutes to reread your poem and
make any necessary revisions.
Torn Paper Images
Create an image that represents what you want
your readers to visual as they read your poem.
First decide what that image is. Close your eyes
and see the color, shape, and size of it.
This is what you will create with torn paper.
Instructions
1. On one half of your paper, rewrite the final
draft of your poem. Be sure to give your work
a title and list yourself as the author.
2. Next, tear (No cutting!) colored paper into
pieces to create a collage image from your
poem.
3. Use a glue stick to secure the pieces to the
blank half of the white paper as they are torn.
4. Continue gluing until the image is fully formed.
Sharing
Who would like to share their work with the
class?