Yes. The highest form of language is poetry. Why kill it with technology? Try this: Take your poem and you and your group memorize it. Each of you break it into parts (by strophe/stanza). You stand at the head of the class, while your group stays in their seats. You begin by going right into your opening stanza reciting it as if you wrote it. The other members conservatively do the same, each standing as they recite their stanza, each reciting it as much feeling as possible. You may even have a member the group walk in during their part.
The idea is to throw the class and teacher off what is generally expected. Each person recites their stanza standing up or moving about the room. You want to catch everyone off guard. I promise you they will focus so hard on what you are doing. BE DRAMATIC! BE TRAGIC! BCR8TV! Then once you all have finished, you may begin the presentation portion by asking questions of the students and teacher (don't be afraid to ask him/her your questions. Make them part of your presentation, it's a guaranteed A!) of what they felt during the reading. Think of a Shakespearean play. Their answers are the point of your presentation.
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Yes. The highest form of language is poetry. Why kill it with technology? Try this: Take your poem and you and your group memorize it. Each of you break it into parts (by strophe/stanza). You stand at the head of the class, while your group stays in their seats. You begin by going right into your opening stanza reciting it as if you wrote it. The other members conservatively do the same, each standing as they recite their stanza, each reciting it as much feeling as possible. You may even have a member the group walk in during their part.
The idea is to throw the class and teacher off what is generally expected. Each person recites their stanza standing up or moving about the room. You want to catch everyone off guard. I promise you they will focus so hard on what you are doing. BE DRAMATIC! BE TRAGIC! BCR8TV! Then once you all have finished, you may begin the presentation portion by asking questions of the students and teacher (don't be afraid to ask him/her your questions. Make them part of your presentation, it's a guaranteed A!) of what they felt during the reading. Think of a Shakespearean play. Their answers are the point of your presentation.
Get the class involved, for sure. Try writing a ghazal about poetry. People alternate lines, and everyone chimes in for the refrain.
That's a really big assignment. How long do you have?