Poetry Unit Project: due March 12, 2014

This is what I wrote about the poetry unit project back on January 26.  I have made a few changes:

Final Assignment:
- due March 12, Wednesday, 08:30, Tokyo time
- presented Wednesday through Friday of that week, this will give you the week to finish it if late, losing 5%/day if doing so, of course
- no partners
- format of the assignment is a poetry 'booklet', poster or movie: on paper, or online, video etc.
- contents must include either several different forms or styles of poetry, with different themes or emotions, or one long ballad (multi-stanza rhyming and rhythmic poem that tells a complete story arc)
- whether you do a booklet, poster, or presentation, you must hand in a separate printed copy of your poems labelled as to what type of poems they are, so I know what to mark for, and so I do not use pen all over a nice booklet or poster

Some suggestions:
- most of the mark, as always, is about the written content; however, there will be marks for your readings aloud and for pictures or video you have matched to it: pictures or video made by you are better.  Other than that, I'll give you a lot of freedom on how you present it, but check with me first.
- between 250 and 500 words, and be new poems: not ones from the minor assignments (except if you make a paper booklet - include these at the end); ESL may do 150 to 500 words.
- font and size is your choice this time, but it must be easy to read and leave room on the page for me to edit
- there will be a 10% bonus to your mark if it is good enough to show at 'Wednesday café': 80% would become 88%, 75% become 82.5%

Options: - a handmade poetry booklet, and reading in class (wouldn't work for 'Wednesday café')
- a web-based or computer file poetry 'booklet', and reading in class (might work for 'Wednesday café')
- a video online, or as a file: the video has to be more than just your face reading poetry, so match pictures/video to it from online or of your own - your own is better (would work for 'Wednesday café')


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