Virtual poetry is a poem presented as a short movie using various multimedia elements like color, images, movement, sound, music, and narration. It aims to teach literacy skills across the national curriculum in a meaningful context that motivates and engages students. The document discusses how virtual poetry was successful in developing key reading objectives and teaching students the importance of word choice and how to analyze a poem's meaning and mood through close reading. It recommends focusing on the text of the poem first before incorporating the digital medium so the movie enhances the poem rather than distracting from it.
2. What? ‘ a poem presented as a short movie for display on a television or computer monitor or projected onto a screen..’ Colour, Images, Movement, Sound, Music, Narration, Text, Movement
3. Why? The Primary Framework for Literacy Not merely a set of technical skills Higher order skills for Literacy Skills across the National Curriculum
4. Why? … developed key reading objectives in a meaningful context where pupils were motivated, engaged and challenged by the texts they worked with. The project was particularly successful in teaching pupils about the importance of word choice in determining meaning and impact. use close reading to get the ‘gist’ of a text and they learned a range of words of describe a poem’s “mood”
5. How? Focus on text first and digital medium later A poem not a technical event Visual portrait of a poem –story board
