Poetry+Project

Having read __To Kill a Mockingbird__, chose your favorite character and write a poem about that person. You need to include five adjectives describing the person and a quote from the person. Read the following directions and write your poem.


 * To Kill a Mockingbird Character Poem**

1. Choose a character from __To Kill a Mockingbird__ and write a poem about them. This poem should show me that you know this character and his/her traits and personality. The poem should be minimum four stanzas with four lines in each stanza. There should be rhyming, and it should be typed in Microsoft Word.

2. You may write it from either first person assuming the role of that character or from third person telling about that character.

3. Use 5 adjectives to describe your character. Give examples illustrating each descriptive word. Examples can be combined with more than one adjective. Put the adjectives in bold and size 14 font.

4. Summarize in the poem a short episode or scene from the book that includes your character. This can be your favorite scene, or one that is some how important to the development of the character you are writing about.

5. Include a quotation from your character and underline it.

6. Go to internet and find atleast 6 pictures relating to your character. These can be found in Google images. Make a folder on your desktop and save the pictures to your folder. Then you can insert them from that folder. Make sure you place them strategically and wrap your words so they are not covered.

7. Put a text box inside a rectangle with the title of your poem centered inside at the top of the page. Make these two boxes different colors. Pick a different font and increase the size of the font.

8. Spell check, proofread, and edit.

9. Print in color and hand in on time.

10. Read and present to the class.

Total points: 50

Here is an example you can listen to using the character Boo Radley. media type="file" key="Boo poem reading.wav" Following is a typed example of the poem you just listened to; pictures have been added to show the final project. media type="custom" key="671455"

When you have your rough draft completed, we will go to the computer lab and put together the final draft with pictures from the internet. This assignment is worth a test grade.

Watch this slideshow on poetry. We will be starting a unit on poetry, and you will be compiling a booklet of your original poetry.

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