PS 124 Video Poetry
List Poetry Video Still
Class 5-302 at PS 124 generated original "list poems" and adapted them into videos using their class blogs, creative commons, and iMovie.
5th graders created "List Poems" in response to Walt Whitman's There was a Child Went Forth on their blog. Working in pairs, they selected their five favorite lines from their list poem on the theme of Nature created by classes 5-302 and 5-303, and worked on putting them in sequence with Mr. Marsano, and Mr. Worsley, their literacy coach.
They searched the Internet for fair use images from creative commons that complimented the theme and tone of their poetry lines. They matched the images they downloaded together with recorded readings of their lines using iMovie software on their class computers.
When the first drafts were completed, they critiqued each other's work for clarity of the theme, reading style, and editing style using a rubric (registration required) during a "works in progress" screening. After a follow-up reading workshop with Mr. Worsley, they re-recorded their voices, and added music, sound effects, video transitions and other effects.
Here are a few of the entries:
- Ulices and Carely (with attached custom rubric)
- Jimmy and Jorge
- Edgard
- David and Hyat