New Media &

Journalism 11
Semester On

Assignment Instructions

The WHAT

Part One:

1. From the six poems that we reviewed as a class, pick the one that you like the best and feel
confident discussing. Remember that the poems were chosen to fit under the general theme
that emerges from Ray Bradbury’s quote: Science and technology are a glove, it is the hand
inserted that wields the harm.
2. Why is the poem you chose your favourite?
3. Pick a minimum of three devices from the poem and explain how the devices work in the
context of the poem’s meaning.
4. Briefly discuss the poem’s article pairing and how the article supports the poem (hyperlink and
properly attributed in your text)
5. What is the poet’s purpose? In other words, what is the thematic insight into life? Discuss with
evidence (#3)
6. Look at the notes you took in class, then brainstorm your ideas based on the prompts above.
You will then write a 300-word composition that addresses the prompts above.
7. Composition details:
a. Lead-in sentence that introduces the poet, the poem, and the article (hyperlinked).
 b. A theme/thesis statement that captures the poet’s purpose (insight into life), and text to
world connection via the article.
c. Discussion of evidence from the poem, and article to support that insight (min three
devices/ evidence incorporated into your writing – the same rules of quote integration
and attribution apply
d. A take-away for your reader – perhaps why it is your favourite…?
e. You may use the personal pronoun ‘I’ in this composition

Part Two:

1. You will choose a current news story, a feature article, an opinion piece, or a blog post that
addresses a CURRENT issue that is happening in the world; it does not have to be something
connected to the Bradbury quote; it can be on any topic that interests you and that will inspire
you TO…. (Drum roll please)
2. …WRITE a poem!
3. Your poem must have the following:
a. Minimum 12 lines – try dividing it into stanzas
b. It can have a rhyme scheme or not
c. Your poem can be open or closed (free verse or structured)
d. You must have a minimum of ONE from each category below:
i. Figurative devices – metaphor, personification, simile, metonymy, synecdoche,
symbolism
ii. Sound devices – onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, repetition, diction,
consonance
iii. A clear tone/attitude – irony (overstatement, hyperbole, understatement, or
verbal) use of connotation, paradox, satire

Part Three:

1. You will write a mini composition (300 words) on your OWN poem using the third person
perspective; in other words, you will pretend that in an alternate universe, and a student found
your poem and an article to pair with it (your article – see #1 from part two) and wrote an
analysis on the text to world connections between the poem and the article. So, if I were a
student, I would use my name:
a. Kathy Shong’s poem (but your name) ‘Destructive Happiness’ explores…. (thematic
insight/purpose)
b. Discuss how the poem works, using a minimum of three devices/ references as evidence
of the poem’s purpose. (see the example below in e)
c. Pair the poem with your article and discuss it briefly:
i. George's Manbiot's feature story from ‘Films for Action’ Pathological
Consumption has become so Normalized pairs well with Shong’s poem. The
article explores how… (discuss briefly the gist of the article, provide a minimum
of one quote or a purposeful paraphrase that connects to your poem).
d. Leave the reader with a take-away
 e. You CANNOT use the pronoun ‘I’ in this composition, only your name (first and last with
the first mention – last name only for subsequent mentions) and the pronouns he, she
or they:
i. Shong explores how consumption is so ingrained in our psyche that even our
awareness of its impact on the environment, for the most part, is ignored: “Our
atavistic desire to control and contain and capture/ is out of control.” (lines 4,5)
Her tone is not hopeful, implying that “the neon gods” or our devices distract us
from reality, make us willingly “forget” the environmental problems that our
reckless consumption causes. (lines 11, 12)

The HOW

Part four:

1. You will create all the above content first on a word document (edit it), then on CANVA, create
an image that captures the imagery from either A) your favourite poem from the class poems
OR B) your own poem.
2. This image will be uploaded to genially where you will add your content from steps one to three,
so that it is interactive.
3. Create your account:
 Go to https://genial.ly/ and sign up for an account; create a student account (Free)
 Go to “Create” and “Interactive Images”
 Press “Create Interactive Image”
 Drag your completed CANVA image into the “Drag your images here” section
 Press the item and then “Accept”
 Edit and crop your item if you need to
 Use the buttons toolbar on the left to add dots for each content area; choose Interactive
Elements for the button you want, then drag to the image
 Hover over the finger button, which is ‘add interactivity’ and select “Window” as your
type of interactivity; these buttons on the image can be moved around and sized
 Name the window element in the top section, place in a title; for example, for
interactive dot # 1, call it - My favourite poem from class
 Copy and pace your content into in the window’s text box area, make sure that you
choose ‘Large’ from the top bar for the size of the window
 Click ‘SAVE’ before closing the window
 Repeat for the required Windows for all your content (see above)
 To edit a window, hover over the button and click ‘window’ to edit
 To add audio for your reading of your poem, click “Insert” on far left and then “Click to
record an audio” OR to have a button with the audio interactive, click ‘Interactive
Element’ on the left, type in the search bar: Microphone, drag the audio button to your
image, click the finger icon, but instead of choosing ‘Window’ choose ‘Audio’
 Proceed with recording, using your computer’s microphone, record right into genially of
you reciting the poem you wrote with the proper TONE (satire, ironic, hopeful etc.)
  Make sure you always click SAVE before exiting a window; you can preview your
interactive genially by clicking the eye on the top bar
 When finished adding all your content, press “All Set” – at the top bar
Select “Public Online” and then “All Set”
Select “Share”
Select “Insert”
-Copy and paste the “IFRAME” which is the same as an embed code and go to your
Edublog under the Text tab and paste in the above “IFRAME” code

4. Embed your interactive genially to your Edublog, publish, view, and then copy the PUBLISHED
link to TEAMS by Monday, January 23 at 6:00 pm:
 Blog post TAG = poetsnewsNM11
 Category = English 11

5. Preview what your post will look like here. Password = poetry

6. The Five Interactive Dots with your content: