April is poetry month! You have been learning about the different types of poems and have written some, too. Let’s create an anthology using the iPads and Book Creator. Be creative on how you express yourself and choose elements to enhance the written word. Below is an example of a few different ways to enhance the poems using apps like DoInk, iMovie, Green Screen, My Flake, PicCollage and Drawing Pad.
Using the letters of your first name, create an acrostic poem with adjectives that describe you. We will use the app PicCollage and also take a picture of ourselves with the iPads.
Today we will use the iPads and the app YakitKids to make the picture of the animals which you wrote a poem about recite your poem, using your voice.
After studying poetry and figures of speech, specifically alliteration, create an alliteration sentence about an animal you might find in the zoo. Visit the websites below to find a public domain pictures of your animal. Download the picture to the camera role. Next, use the app Yakit Kids to import your picture and then voice over your sentence. All the short movies will be combined into a class movie, Alliteration at the Zoo.
Wikimedia Commons
Pics4Learning
USA.gov
Use the iPads and PicCollage to create your two word or cinquain poem based upon the novel Star Girl or Wave. Below is an example of the two word poem, The Fair by Lorraine Marwood, published in PicCollage.
Today we will take the iPads outside to snap a picture of clouds in the sky. We will return to the class and insert your picture into PicCollage. Next you will key in your haiku poem about clouds to create a beautiful piece of published work for Authors’ Breakfast.
Today we will use the iPads to publish your cinquains about snow. We will create animated snowflakes in Do Ink, type the poem in Drawing Pad, then put them together in Green Screen. Finally, we will voice over the animation in iMovie.
Today you will publish your snow haiku on Stationery Studio.
Create your own snowflake at Make-A-Flake!
Let’s create a snowflake smashup. Today we will use the iPads to create and animate snowflakes swirling and falling using the app Do Ink. Next you will use the video camera on the iPad to film yourself reciting your haiku. Finally, we will combine the two videos into a movie using the app Green Screen. Click the picture below to watch my example.
Today we will use Stationery Studio to publish your verb poems. Choose a piece of stationery that fits your poem then type in the poem.
Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.
Use Microsoft Word to type in your poems for your anthology.
Today you will type in your winter cinquain into Word. Then create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake to add to your poem.
Today you will key your snow poem into Microsoft Word. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
Today you will publish your snow haiku on Stationery Studio.
Create your own snowflake at Make-A-Flake!
Use Microsoft Word to publish your Fall poem. Add a picture and a border around your page.
Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.
Use the website below to create an acrostic poem about your animal.
Today we will take the recording of your poem that you created in Garageband and share them as mp3 files. We will then upload them to your poetry glog.
Today you will use Powerpoint to compile the poetry which you have written this year into a digital anthology. Use one slide per poem, including the type of poetry it represents in the heading. Create a slide for the title page and an About The Author slide. Choose a background that goes well with each slide, and be creative with your presentation. Also, the slide show should advance on a click with the same transition between each slide. Record yourself reading the poem with the build in record sound feature in Powerpoint.
Today you will create an acrostic with the name Paul Revere. Use Word Art for the name and text boxes for the phrases. Add a picture and place a border around the page.
Today you will create a Glog, at Glogster EDU, of the poem you chose to read and interpret . You can download a public domain image of the poet at Wikimedia Commons. Include the following information on the Glog:
Today you will type in your winter cinquain into Word. Then create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake to add to your poem.
Today you will key your snow poem into Microsoft Word. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
Today you will create a snowflake to use as a graphic for your snow poem. Click on the snowflake below to go to the site.
Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.
Today you will use Microsoft Word to publish your acrostic poem about a man who is important in your life. You will learn how to change font, size, and color of the text, how to use line spacing, and how to add a border to your work.
Today you will publish your acrostic poem about a tree in Microsoft Word. We will learn how to change fonts and sizes and how to adjust line spacing.
Today you will create an acrostic with the name Paul Revere. Use Word Art for the name and text boxes for the phrases. Add a picture and place a border around the page.
Today you will type in your animal poems which are chock full of similes, using Word. We will learn how to change the orientation of your page, and place a border and picture on the document.
Today you will create a Glog, at Glogster EDU, of the poem you chose to read and interpret . You can download a public domain image of the poet at Wikimedia Commons. Include the following information on the Glog:
Today you will key your snow poem into Microsoft Word. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
Today you will key your snow poem into Microsoft Word. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
Grab your lasso and rope in your tessellation creation from last week. Copy and paste it into a Word document. Place a heading on the Header portion of your page, and then let your thoughts roll onto the page, developing a stream of consciousness poem about the tessellation.
Today you will key your snow poem into Microsoft Word. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in your Snow Poem. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.
Today you will key into Word your Parts of Speech poem. Choose a landscape orientation and place a header on your page. Find pictures to go along with your poem and put a border around the page.
We will be creating a class Voicethread showcasing your If I Were In Charge of the World poems, based on the poem by Judith Viorst. Below are the steps for creating the final product.
1. Key in your poem into Microsoft Word. We will review some of the formatting and editing techniques. We will learn how to change fonts and sizes, use Alignment and Spacing, and Spelling and Grammar check.
2. Create an original work of art based upon your poem and scan it into the computer.
3. Create an avatar to use as an identity on My Avatar Editor.
4. Record your poem in Garageband and save it as an mp3 file.
Today we will review some of the formatting features in Microsoft Word, so you can begin to key in your Bio Poem. We’ll review how to set up a heading, Alignment and Spacing, formatting text, and Spellcheck. You also learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture yourself, which can be placed in the poem.
Today we will learn how to use Animation-ish to animate one of your trouble poems. Click below to see an example.
Today you will publish your acrostic poem in Microsoft. Use Word Art for the first letter of each word to make it stand out. Add a picture and border to your document.
Today you will create an acrostic poem about Deborah Sampson, the Revolutionary War hero from Sharon, in Microsoft Word. You will learn how to use the Format Painter, to make your formatting easier, and also how add a border to your page. Add a picture to your documents, too.
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in your Snow Poem. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in your Snow Poem. Put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word, center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, and edit the font. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, as a picture behind the text.
Today you will use Powerpoint to compile the poetry which you have written this year into a digital anthology. Use one slide per poem, including the type of poetry it represents in the heading. Create a slide for the title page and an About The Author slide containing your picture. Choose a background that goes well with each slide, and be creative with your presentation. Also, the slide show should advance on a click with the same transition between each slide.
Today you will create an acrostic poem about yourself, using strong adjectives, in Powerpoint. Choose a vertical Word Art for your name. Use a text box for the adjective. You and a partner will work on taking a picture of your profile in Photobooth. You will insert the picture into your Powerpoint slide and use the drawing tools to trace around your profile. Choose your favorite colors for the fill and drop a shadow on the object.
We will use the drawing component of Appleworks to create a minibook of six types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. Use one page for each. Give a definition, an example, and add a mini picture to the page. Create a colorful front cover with a title and your name.
Use the following website to help you complete your book.
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in your Winter Poem. First, we will learn how to put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word. You will learn how to center a title, use the spelling and grammar check, edit the font, and add a picture. You will create a snowflake at Make-A-Flake and insert it into your poem, behind the text.
Today you will use PowerPoint to key in your cinquain poem. These poems will be used to create a class VoiceThread. Use a different Word Art style for each line of your poem, trying to match the form to your words. You may choose a very subtle background for your poem, one that does not distract from the Word Art style. Finally, you will create an avatar to represent YOU on the VoiceThread!
Mrs. Leary will lead you in computer lab today as you use Microsoft Word to key in your Thanksgiving Couplet Poems. Remember to use a Header for your school heading, center your title with Alignment and Spacing, use Spelling and Grammar check, format the font, and add a picture.
Today you will key in your Thanksgiving senses poem. We will learn how to use the Header, use Alignment and Spacing, format the font, spell and grammar check, add a picture and put a border on your page.
If you are done early, visit The First Thanksgiving.
Today you will key in your poem, If I Were In Charge Of The World, based on the poem by Judith Viorst. We will review some of the formatting and editing techniques in Microsoft Word. We will learn how to change fonts and sizes, use Alignment and Spacing, Spelling and Grammar check, Insert a Picture from a file, and use Borders. We will use Photobooth to take a picture of yourself for the project. You will save your document as World, and print to the lab printer.
Today you will learn how to use Photobooth to take a picture of yourself and how to insert that picture into your Bio Poem. You also will learn how to place a border around the page of a Word document. Finally you will print the finished product for Open House.
Today we will review some of the formatting and editing features of Microsoft Word so that you can type the Bio Poem. We will focus on formatting fonts and spelling and grammar check. Please go to the dock, click on the icon for Word, and click Open to create a blank document in Word.
