Genre Information

Last Will and Testament:
http://www.usattorneylegalservices.com/will-and-testament.html

http://dspace.oakland.edu:8080/dspace/bitstream/10323/15/1/will.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/docs/education/Multimodal-Learning-Through-Media.pdf

http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub1/vo_m_t_1995_1/vo_m_t_1995_1.pdf

I honsetly didnt find any "authors" use a Will how I used it, but I simply researched how Wills were layed out. I also had to do some research on what beaches were around Wrightsville Beach and some of the other details about those beaches, like the fish, etc. I also did a little reasearch on why multi-modal projects are good for students and I really was shocked as to how well they work for students. I found a website that is listed above that has a graph/diagram that shows how this type of "information" is trasnsfered and how it influences people.

I Am Poem/Portrait Poems:

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/portrait.html

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm

http://www.helium.com/items/814022-what-is-an-i-am-poem-and-how-can-it-be-used-in-the-classroom

Writing the I Am poem was fairly simple, seeing as to how this poem has a specific way of writing it. The technique that I think is tricky and helpful to know is how to start off the first line. All the poems that I saw were mostly written by children and honestly their first line wasnt catchy enough for me. I wanted something that was going to grab attention. I also found some pedegogy on teaching this in my classroom which I found was important for me doing this poem myself.

Shape/Concrete Poems:

Blue Lipstick Concrete Poems By: John Grandits

A Poke in the I Editor: Paul B. Janeczko

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/poetry/shape_poems.htm

http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/2776.aspx


I LOVED this genre! The book by John Grandits was probably THE most amazing book I have ever seen. I opened it and I was blown away by his creativeness! I based my concrete poem off of a few of his in his book. He used some shapes of pictures and then used the words to create the rest and that is what I did. He used a computer program to do his and I downloaded it myself but it was a complete disaster trying to figure it out. I still feel like his concrete poems are THE best. You should definetly check out this book. I found another good website that talks about the teaching of this type of poetry that I found helpful in designing my own poem.