Rosenblatt

My assessments frequently rely on an efferent stance while my Journals take a more aesthetic stance.  It seems the goal would be to combine the two, yet the time commitment to read/discuss/evaluate such a response might be overwhelming, considering my 150 students.

One "assessment" I've created that combines the two would be my Digital Poetry project. Students are to find a poem which they appreciate and then, through selections of images, colors, fonts, music, etc., create a multimedia presentation in which their understanding of the poem is clear and the personal connection is implied.  They are to work at understanding the poem at various levels and understand that the meaning of the poem is variable with multiple valid interpretations.  

Following are a couple of student examples.