Enrichment Activities
Poetry Contest
Thanks for your interest in the poetry contest! We’re looking forward to reading your poem!What makes a good poem? Is it the subject? The rhyme scheme? We’ll look at answering that question! Here are the requirements! Go to the Discussion Groups, Click on Enrichment Activities, and then on Poetry. Participate in our discussion and respond to other students! Submit your poem! Send us your poem in an email or post it on the discussion board!What needs to be in your poem? You decide! There are only two requirements. -It needs to be school appropriate.-It can be no longer than a page.
Since you were not able to come to our Live Eluminate Session, you’ll need to watch a recording and answer questions. Just click on the link before, and send the answers to the questions back in an email. Remember to post your discussion and either post your poem on the discussion board or email it to me.
Questions to Answer
1. What makes a poem great? What did students and teachers discuss as reasons why they like certain poems?
2. Why does it matter why we like a poem?
3. How many poems were presented?
4. Which poem did you like best? Why?
5. What minor technical difficulty did we have during the session?
6. Who were the winners of the poetry contest? If you complete all three portions of the Contest you can earn up to 100 extra points for the class. Discussion Groups: 25 pts.Eluminate Session: 25 pts.Submitting a Poem: 50 pts.*Note: The activity acts like an assignment, not extra credit. If you only participate in the Discussion Groups, you will only earn 25/100 pts, which will hurt your grade. We can’t wait to read all of your poems!
Creative Non-Fiction
You can learn about Creative Non-Fiction and get some great experience and feedback for your writing!
Here are the requirements!
Participate in all three portions of the Activity and you could earn up to 100 extra points for class.
1. Discussion Groups: 25 pts.
2. Live Eluminate Session: 25 pts.
3. Submitting a CNF piece: 50 pts.
*Note: The activity acts like an assignment, not extra credit. If you only participate in the Discussion Groups, you will only earn 25/100 pts, which will hurt your grade.
So how can you write your own Creative Non-Fiction Essay? A number of ways!
Although your final product can be in many different formats, you’ll want to start with writing it down. If you have an idea for an essay go ahead and start writing. If not, we’ll be brainstorming at the Eluminate Session. We can help you get started in the right direction.
Some good CNF topics can stem from:
Memories
Issues or Ideas you care about
Interviews
Exploring a current event in a personal way
After you’ve written your essay you can then produce the final product into a variety of forms.
Create a podcast, vodcast, PowerPoint presentation, website, or just write an essay. Send us your file or link where your project is located!
CNF Essay Requirements:
1. Rough Draft.
2. 250-500 Words
3. Content is appropriate for School
4. Final Draft in one of the following formats: Essay, Podcast, Vodcast, PowerPoint Presentation, or Website.
Here are some resources for CNF essays, creating podcasts, and more!
How to write CNF:
http://www.class.uidaho.edu/druker/nonfic.html
http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200406.review.glass1.html
http://www.thislife.org/About_GetOn.aspx
http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm
How to create a Podcast:
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/podcasting/howto.php
http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/guide31.html
Because you missed the Live Eluminate Session, you can watch the recording and complete some questions. Just paste the link into your browser, and send the answers to the questions back in an email. To receive full credit for this enrichment activity, remember to post your discussion and send us your CNF piece.
Live Creative Non-Fiction Recording
Recording Questions:
1. Whose quote did we use to define CNF? What was the gist of the quote?
2. What are two guidelines that are important to include when writing CNF?
3. List 3 authors that we pointed out as having written CNF.
4. What technical problem did a student have?
5. What did you think about the CNF example that we read during the presentation? Why?
We can’t forward to reading your work!
