During a unit on poetry in my humanities class, my teacher assigned the class with an assignment: writing a live poem based on a format. The guide lines for the poem were rather loose, as long as the poem stayed within the general parameters of the outline, it would be fine. Once every student completed their original love poem, we were sectioned off into pairs, with the seemingly simple task of combining our poems in whichever way we pleased. The final product was to be presented in a slide show to the class.
Reflection
The 21st century skill I felt best represented this project was the Interpersonal Skill. This skill requires students to collaborate, and work together successfully. I'd say that's exactly what I had to do within this project. Something that can be as personal as a love poem can be difficult to mash up with a poem written by another. My partner and I had to first, find out how to seamlessly mash up our poems, then assign the respective aspects of the project to ourselves, and present the finished product. Overall, I'd say that requires a bit of interpersonal skills to execute.
I am actually quite proud of the way this project came out. Unlike some pairs that just put their two original poems together, my partner Sampson and I decided to do something a bit different. His original poem rhymed, while mine did not so, we decided that I was to edit my poem to make it rhyme, while Sampson would create the slide show, and we would present it together. It all worked out, for the final product is something that I was over all happy with.
In the events that I could do this project again, the main thing I would change is the amount of time I spent on editing the poem. While it does rhyme, I feel as though the poem lacks a certain rhythm that one typically likes to see in poetry. I was able to edit the poem in the span of a half an hour or so with the help of some very useful rhyme generators. With this speed, it was difficult to put a lot of consideration into the flow of the poem. Overall, it came out fine, but I feel I could have made it better.