day of the dead

Day of the Dead

Project

Day of the Dead

Coco explains the Dia de los

Muertos

Day of the Dead

Spectre

James Bond

Day of the Dead!

A celebration of family and ancestors who have

passed away. This is a special day that celebrates the

lives of the people who have died.

Sadness or Happiness?

What do you think?

Day of the Dead

What is Day of the Dead?

National Geographic

Day of the Dead

What is Day of the Dead?

National Geographic

Day of the Dead

What is Day of the Dead?

National Geographic

“To live in hearts we leave

behind is not to die.”

Thomas Campbell

Day of the Dead
British Museum

celebrated the Day of
the Dead with a four

day festival full of

color, music,

storytelling, and art.

“Our dead are never dead to us
until we have forgotten them.”

George Eliot

“We never bury the dead, son. We
take them with us. It’s the price

of living.”

Mark Go�man and Jose Moina, ‘ Sleepy Hollow’

“After all, to the well-organized

mind, death is but the next

great adventure.”

J.K. Rowling, ‘Harry Potter and the

Sorcerer’s Stone’

Day of the Dead Assignment

We are going to have our own
celebration of this day, and in our
English class, we are going to
celebrate the legacy of some of the
most important POETS who have ever
lived. There are many living poets that
are breathtakingly talented, but in
honor of this holiday, we will be taking
a moment to research the lives,
legacies, and poetry that made these
poets so influential in the history of
poetry.

The process is easy

Select a poet

Research poet

Create the project

Stages of Assignment

Stage One:

Select a poet.
This poet you may have heard of
before or perhaps never heard of in
your life. Either way, it’s okay! The
goal of this project is to practice
researching, so you’ll be learning a
lot of information either way.

Stage Two.

Research your chosen
poet.
Using the graphic organizer, start
your search and record the
information. You must use at least
TWO databases and read through at
least two different articles. You
must also locate at least two of the
most famous works (poems)
written by that poet. You MAY use a
generic Google search to locate
these two poems.

Stage Three:

Create your final
product for display.
Now, it’s time to create the final
product for submission! You will
receive an electronic and hard
copy. For your project, please
make sure that your final “poster” is
colorful and neatly done. You
should include all of the
information on the handout and be
prepared to share it with the class.

Rubric

Distinguished - A

Proficient - B

Basic - C

Below Basic - D
Needs

Improvement - F

Poet background
& important info

Detailed with at least
4-5 important pieces
of information

Detailed with at least
3 important pieces of
information

Detailed with at least
2 important pieces of
information

Detailed with at least
1 important pieces of
information

This is mostly absent
or ignored in the
project

Choice and

presentation of

poem

The poem selected is
well known, the
excerpt is presented
clearly and
performed by the
student

The poem selected is
well known, the
excerpt is presented
and performed by the
student

The poem selected is
an odd choice, the
excerpt is present but
unclear why chosen,
and performed by the
student

The poem selected is
an odd choice, the
excerpt is present on
the handout but the
student refuses to
perform/read the
excerpt

The poem is missing

Analysis of why

the poem was

selected

Analysis is well
thought out and
detailed, providing
clear reasons

Analysis is thought
out and detailed,
providing mostly
clear reasons

Analysis is present
but lacking detail,
providing some
reasons

Analysis is well
thought out and
detailed, providing
clear reasons

The student has not
analyzed the poem

Overall

professional
quality of the

product

The final product is
colorful, professional,
and neatly
completed. Clear
effort has been put
into the final look of
the product.

The final product is
somewhat colorful,
professional, and
complete. Some
effort has been put
into the final look of
the product.

The final product is
done with some color,
but not as
professionally as the
A or B level. . Minimal
effort has been put
into the final look of
the product.

The final product is
done with bare
minimal effort.

The overall product is
not completed and
missing color,
neatness, or major
sections.

Place your screenshot here

Choose a
Poet/Author

Emily Dickinson

Insert picture or image

RIP ________

Place your screenshot here

Important
details from this
poet’s lifetime:

Place your screenshot here

This poet is best
known for:

Place your screenshot here

This poem rocks
because…

Place your screenshot here

An excerpt from a
famous poem: