Friday, April 19, 2013

"Restless" by Joyce Sidman

Here is a "poem movie" for Joyce Sidman's poem, "Restless," created by graduate student Ellen Samples. Check it out.



This poem is featured in The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School in the eighth grade section, week 34, for the theme, "On the Move."

6 comments:

  1. Wow,Ellen did such a great job on this! Those images are so moving. Love it. Thank you for sharing!

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  2. What a terrific way to bring a poem to life! I agree with Irene, Ellen melded the poem with images and music, in a really powerful way! I know our middle school kids would LOVE this! I'm going to try it! Thanks so much!

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  3. Beautifully done! All the elements come together: the images, the music, the text (very effective to show it before the reading), the tone of the reading. This is a super example of a poem movie.

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  4. Aww, shucks. Thanks for the kind words. I really enjoyed the process of creating the poem movie and became immersed in the language--a very rewarding experience.

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  5. Ellen, I loved watching this. You did a beautiful job! Thank you for spotlighting my poem in this way.

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