Poems Behind the Masks A
Mask and Poetry Museum Created by Fall 2003 |
Personal Mask |
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Students in Ms. Roderick's ceramics classes at Sabino High School created personal masks and composed personal mask poems. The personal masks were part of a mask unit that also included research and a brief report on a cultural mask and recreating that mask in clay. To prepare to write their personal mask poems, students worked with teacher-librarian Dr. Moreillon to learn how their masks could be used as poetry writing prompts. As they viewed photographs of traditional masks, students listened to poetry related to those masks. They made connections between each photo and poem. Students learned to web themes, ideas, and words related to a personal mask. They learned or reviewed poetic devices: rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, personification, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, and metaphor. We discussed voice (or mood) and correspondence between mask and poem. Using one mask as a prompt for all five classes, each period wrote a group poem and evaluated it using a rubric. After completing their personal masks, students utilized that rubric
as a guide as they composed their poems. Students self-assessed their
poems; Dr. Moreillon assessed them as well. Ms. Roderick evaluated students'
personal masks. Students' masks and poems were on display in the library
from December 1st through 3rd, 2003 in the Poems Behind the Masks |
Link to PowerPoint: A Mask
and Poetry Museum.
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Contact Judi Moreillon: storypower@theriver.com
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Judi Moreillon's Home Page: https://storytrail.com
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