Verbal-Visual Poetry Collage In this assignment, you will use the poem you commented on for Task 1 and create a verbal-visual collage to illustrate its use of imagery and symbolism. It should consist of both words and images that best illustrate how the imagery and symbolism transform the literal meaning of the words used by the author. You should not set out to depict each image or symbol exactly. Rather, it is important that you capture their essence in a collection of words and illustrations arranged on the page in a pleasing and creative fashion. Along with your collage, you will Ima g submit a series of explanations of the selections you made. Follow the format below, and use the exemplar and rubric on the following pages as a guide. Requirements for your collage: Make sure your name is clearly visible. Include at least 5 images that depict the imagery and symbolism in your chosen poem. These may be hand-drawn illustrations, digital graphics, images clipped from magazines, or any other type of image that you can find. Include at least 5 adjectives that describe the theme of the poem. These words do not have to be taken from the actual text of the poem. Include at least 5 excerpts from the poem. These may be multiple-word statements, which are taken directly from the text of the poem. Your collage should be colourful, creative, and visually appealing. The collage may be created digitally or by hand. If done by hand, you will need to submit an image of your work. Requirements for your write-up: Your write-up must include explanations of the 15 or more selections that you made for your collage, as per above. Paragraph 1: Explain why you chose the images included on your collage. What do they represent? Paragraph 2: Explain why you chose the adjectives included on your collage. How does each one represent the theme? Paragraph 3: Explain why you chose the excerpts included on your collage. What underlying ideas to they represent? Emotional laughter 11 metamorphosed into howls A GRIM GIANT EMPTY OF FEELING A COLOSSAL CRUEL Powerful WAVERING You must not make a plaything of the rain INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TRANSFORMATIVE! BOY CRYING INTENSE The following chart indicates the areas of achievement that will be the focus of this assignment. Categories Imagery/Symbolism Comments and Verbal-Visual Collage Level 1 (50-59%) Level 2 (60-69%) Level 3 (70-79%) Knowledge/ Understanding -identify the imagery or symbolism in poems RL1.03 Thinking -evaluate the effectiveness of poems' imagery or symbolism, using evidence from the text insightfully to support their opinions RL1.07 Communication -write complete sentences that communicate their meaning clearly and effectively, skilfully varying sentence type, structure, and length to suit different purposes and making smooth and logical transitions between ideas WR2.04 -response and collage demonstrate limited understanding of the use of imagery or symbolism in the chosen poem -comment and collage are superficial with regard to the way that imagery/symbolism transforms the poem -comment and collage use poor sentence structure inadequate organization, several grammar and/or spelling errors -response and collage demonstrate some understanding of the use of imagery or symbolism in the chosen poem -comment and collage make some attempt to evaluate the way that imagery/symbolism transforms the poem -complete sentences, comprehensible, organization could be improved to present a more coherent argument or statement. Posting has three or more grammar and/or spelling errors per paragraph -response and collage demonstrate a considerable understanding of the use of imagery or symbolism in the chosen poem -comment and collage make considerable effort to evaluate the way imagery/symbolism transforms the poem -complete sentences, well organized, but some (2 or less per paragraph) grammar and/or spelling errors contained in posting Level 4 (80-100%) -response and collage demonstrate a high degree of understanding of the use of imagery or symbolism in the chosen poem -comment and collage make a high degree of effort to evaluate the way imagery/symbolism transforms the poem -uses complete sentences, well organized, grammatically correct and free of spelling errors Application -select and use, with increasing facility, the most appropriate reading comprehension strategies to understand poem's imagery or -the comment and collage display a limited synthesis of image/symbolism with an appreciation of the poem's theme -the comment and collage display some synthesis of image/symbolism with an appreciation of the poem's theme -the comment and collage display considerable synthesis of image/symbolism with an appreciation of the poem's theme -the comment and collage display a high degree of synthesis of image/symbolism with an appreciation of the poem's theme symbolism RL1.02