Poetry Portfolio

Poetry Project
Name: ____________________________________________ Due Date: A-day, Thursday, November 17th, B-days, Friday, November 18th.
As a culmination of our Poetry Unit, you will create a Poetry Portfolio. You will choose 12 formats and some you may want to use more than once. You will then compile these poetry pages into a portfolio.
Requirements:
• Each poem must have a unique title. There will be 12 of them!
• You may use seven poems previously submitted
• Choose a poetic theme for your portfolio. Each poem must have that theme incorporated in some way. **See my example**
• The “format” of each poem must be listed on the poetry page somewhere.
• The portfolio must have a creative cover, with the title of your collection on it. (Wordle is appropriate)
• If Wordle is not your creative style, you must have a title page that symbolizes your poetry, your theme, and you. See me if Wordle is not your choice.
• The portfolio must be bound in some way neatly. This is a FINAL collection of your best work. Anything submitted messily will be graded as such.
• Each poem must be on its own page.
• Poems must be 15 lines or longer unless it is a form poem like the Ghazal. If you choose to make a Haikus, then you have to put five on a page to make the 15 line limit.
• You will have ample time in class to work on this project if you use your time wisely. You will be presenting your favorite poem that you have created on our open mic poetry party day. Please star this one so I know it’s the one. Also, practice reading it aloud as you will have to read the ENTIRE poem that day.
• Every day this portfolio is late will be 10% off. It starts as 100 points.
• After you reuse seven previously submitted poems, you may write all others in any form you choose. I have a list of forms in the handouts; you may use the poetry text, Internet, free form of your choice, etc. These are your artistic decisions.
• A-day: In order to pull this off, you will need to create about two poems per day. You can do this. This is ALL you will be working on today, Tuesday, and Thursday. It is due by the END of the period Thursday.
• B-day: In order to pull this off, you will need to create about two poems per day. You can do this. This is ALL you will be working on today, Wednesday, and Friday. It is due by the END of the period Friday