Activity-+Poetry

==This is the Activity Page, where you will find directions for the activity project that we are going to be doing related to Emily Dickinson. ==

 First, we will go to the library and research some background information on Emily Dickinson and her poetry. You may use books from the library or the computers to find information. If you are using the computers you can go to the Website page for some links to websites about Emily Dickinson. There is also a timeline link on the website page that will take you to a Google timeline about events that happened during her life. Each student will be responsible for write down at least 10 facts or pieces of information about Emily Dickinson and/or her poetry.

After we do some research on Emily Dickinson we will read some of her poems. First each student will read the poem silently to themselfves We are going to read her poem "I'm nobody! Who are you?" I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us — don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!

Next we are going to read her poem "There is another sky" There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And there is another sunshine, Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin, Never mind silent fields - Here is a little forest, Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has been; In its unfading flowers I hear the bright bee hum: Prithee, my brother, Into my garden come!

Then, I would like all of you to take out your journals and write down how her poems made us feel, and how she might have been feeling when she was writing the poem. You may use the facts that you researched about her to help you figure out how she might have been feeling when she wrote the poems. After you have written it down in your journal we will discuss it as a class. Finally, each student will sit down and quietly write their own poem about how they are currently feeling. It can be any kind of poem as long as it expresses how your are feeling. After everyone is done writing their poems, if anyone would like to share theirs they can stand up and read it to the class.

Here is the rubric that I will be using to grade you for this project. Review it and make sure that you have completed everything so that you can obtain all the points for the project.


 * = Research 10 facts about Emily Dickinson and write down into your journal ||= /10 ||
 * = Write in your journals how Emily Dickinson's poems made you feel ||= /10 ||
 * = Write in your journal a few ideas on how Emily Dickinson was feeling when she wrote each one of these poems ||= /10 ||
 * = Write your own poem in your journals on how you are feeling ||= /20 ||
 * = **Total** ||= **/50** ||
 * = Bonus points will be given to the students who would like to read their poem to the class ||= /5 ||