Poetry Video Project

Poetry Video Project

TASK A

 Create a video in which you recite a poem in English!

• Work in groups of 2-5
• Find an English-language poem that you like
• Shoot a video in which some or all of you recite/sing/perform the poem (max. 3 minutes!!!)
• List your names and class at the beginning/ end of the video
• Be creative! ☺ 

If you need help

• Examples:
• Charles Bukowski: All the way youtube.com/watch?v=k6_QUhUPrF4
• Jack Kerouac: Chorus 113 youtube.com/watch?v=frJ8TYl-q24
• Meghan Rienks: Spark youtube.com/watch?v=2DbdtkfmQnc
• William Ernest Henley: Invictus youtube.com/watch?v=SAa6qdBN7Z0
• William Blake: London youtube.com/watch?v=bAkEyFbGjTc
• William Blake: The Tyger: youtube.com/watch?v=cFexFkJwrAo

• Poems: 
• allpoetry.com/classics 
• poetrysoup.com/
• poemhunter.com/ 
• poetryfoundation.org/
• poets.org/

• Pronunciation: online dictionaries, youtube videos of other people reciting the poem, your teachers ☺ 

• If you need help or have questions, contact Eszter Vazsita via Facebook 

TASK B 

Write a composition on your chosen poem! (100-200 words)

Content:

• why you’ve chosen it
• what it means to you
• what feelings it evokes

Some adjectives to help you describe feelings:
https://www.teachercreated.com/products/other-ways-to-say-chart-7706

DEADLINE: 1^st April 2018

Announcement of results on 11^th  April with the screening of the best videos in the Assembly Hall (Díszterem) and handing out prizes.

Send your video online to: 

vazsita.eszter (gmail)

or 

Eszter Vazsita (facebook)

and also indicate what the first prize should be