INDIVIDUAL WRITING PROJECT - ODE, SONNET, ELEGY

TOPIC: POEM MAKING

Learning Outcome:
Able to write poems coherently to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas, in which the
development, strategy, organization, and style are appropriate for writing purposes.

Your Project:
Purpose:
Create a sonnet or an elegy or an ode (length depended on poem’s type characteristics).

(I PICK ELEGY)

Task:
After learning about elements of poetry, points of view, reading strategies, writing strategies, and
how to analyze a poem in groups and individual works, students will create a poem as their final
writing product. The poem is related to social studies or science topics and based on the
characteristics of the poem itself.

The product will be graded based on this rubric. Consequently, students have to use this rubric as a
guide when working on the writing product and recheck it before they submit it.

HP (High Performance) P (Proficient) NY

Student’s work have fulfilled Effectiveness and Meaningfulness: Do not
the 1. Demonstrates of the fulfill
“Proficient” criteria, and in understanding of the the P
addition, the student also concept of structure, criteria.
demonstrate: function, and cause and
effect when creating a
1. Writes a poem/ story
poem (length depending on
while including
the poem type’s
consideration of other
characteristics)
perspectives, e.g., by
2. by applying writing
including various facts
strategies and organization
and opinions about a
based on the writing
subject matter
purpose.
described in the
3. The poem contains the
poem/story
answer to the big question.
(Consideration of
Multiple Perspectives)
Clarity
2. Shows and explains A. Applies writing strategies to:
writing strategies 1. Organize ideas
(journalistic 2. Gather and select ideas
questions and brainstorming) 3. Revise and edit based on
to write poems or stories the writing conventions.
for friends or lower grade
 B. Use appropriate tools and
students. (Contribution to technology, including the
Community) internet, to produce and
3. Uses the writing process publish writing.
and writing strategies in other
subjects for academic C. Use appropriate graphic
purposes. (Application in organizer to organize ideas
Different Context) using 6+1 traits and writing
process (pre-writing and
drafting stages).

D. Using narrative techniques to

develop the characters or
events in poem.

E. Give reasons why specific

writing strategy or graphic
organizer helps him/her to
achieve a writing purpose.

Accuracy
Accurately uses content specific
vocabulary when applying a writing
process with 6+1 traits, and explaining
writing conventions correctly.

Learner Outcomes Requirements:

Outcomes Details

Impactful Writing Showing the ability to adapt to different target readers by considering the
audience’s educational backgrounds, beliefs, and roles, and to use strategies and
tactics accordingly. An impactful writer also writes according to the situation
and need.

Reflect on their Makes a judgment on their performance based on overall evaluation of the
personal performance towards the goal. Reflect on why the students are at that position.
performance Determines how the goal was or was not achieved.

Timeline :

1. Plan (8-12 September 2022)

● Prewriting: Brainstorm your ideas using mapping writing strategy. You can use
coggle.it to map your ideas. Share your mapping in the table below.
Okay, so the idea is a basketball player was playing recklessly then when he tried to
dunk the basketball he slipped and broke his knee. And the poem will express this by,
for example, saying how he built his career and because he was playing recklessly and
broke his knee, his career ended

MIND MAP:

● Brainstorming: Categorize, underline, or highlight elements of the poem to be in

your poem using the SMILE technique.

Elements of poetry:
Structure: How are the stanzas organized? How are the line breaks structure? How
does the structure affect the meaning of the poem?
Meaning: Who/what is the subject of the poem? Is there symbolism? What does the
meaning of the symbol? What is the central message or theme of the poem? How do you
know?
Imagery: Is there figurative language or literary devices present?
Language: Are there sound devices present? Is there sensory language in the poem?
Emotion: How does the poem make you feel? What emotions are evoked because of the
language used? How does the author feel or want you to feel when reading the poem?

Answers:

4 lines
4 stanzas
ABAB Rhyme scheme
Long line is many detail
Shortline is emotion
Elegy
Mood is sad
Tone is tragic

Vocabularies:
Recklessly, knee, tissue, thee

(patellar fracture)

2. Do (13-14 September 2022). Write your rough poem in the

following column.

Title: A reckless play

Stanza 1:
Love, Passion for demand
Ones Knee for sacrifice
Thee’s Tissue ruined
Torment from the knee
Stanza 2:
Oh tears falls
A life's plan Destroyed
Because of recklessness
Thee embarrassed and ashamed

Stanza 3:
A childhoods dream taken away from thee
From a careless action ended that dream
Once was a star as busy as a bee
Thee never imagined would leave the team

Stanza 4:
Thees guilt is immense
Patella fracture that will forever stay
Started from a single mistake
A reckless play

Stanza 5 (if any, for ode/elegy only):

Stanza 6 (if any, for ode/elegy only):

For sonnet:
Title:

Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable Syllable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3. Revising and Editing (15-16 September 2022). Write the
revision you made on the poem in the table below.
A reckless play

Love, Passion for demand

Ones Knee for sacrifice
Thee’s Tissue ruined
Torment from the knee

Oh tears falls
A life's plan Destroyed
Because of recklessness
Thee embarrassed and ashamed

A childhoods dream taken away from thee

From a careless action ended that dream
Once was a star as busy as a bee
Thee never imagined would leave the team

Thees guilt is immense

Patella fracture that will forever stay
Started from a single mistake
A reckless play

4. Publishing (19-20 September 2022)

 5. Review (self-edit rubrics).
Put a checklist on the following things. Ask yourself if you have or haven’t done it.

I used and answered all the questions to draft the poem analysis

I explained and mentioned the evidence

I used reading strategies when trying to understand the meaning of the poem

I checked and revised errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar

I used various writing strategies when writing my analysis

I have considered other perspectives by including various facts and opinions

I showed and explained writing strategies to friends/lower grade students

I used writing process and writing strategies in other subjects for academic purposes