Sphero Poetry

Grade: 4th

Subject:  Poetry

Topic: Creative Writing in Poetry

Description:  Choreograph a movement based on a poem.

ELA TEKS: 4.8 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding

Technology TEK: 1.a Create original products using a variety of resources.

Procedure: 

Students write their own poetry with a focus on imagery. Then have students practice reading aloud their poems for timing. With Spheros, students will choreograph a routine based on the imagery and cadence of their poem.  Students will code Sphero to move and change colors based on the imagery in their poems along with the timing and cadence of their poems. The student can then film the Sphero moving while narrating the poem into the microphone of the iPad.

4Cs: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication

Resources

Device Type: iPad, Sphero

ISTE Standards:   Innovative Designer

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