Writing: Poetry and Art - Tribute Lantern

Students study various forms of poetry such as sonnets, lyrical, and elegiac, and narrative. They then create their own poem and create a "Chinese style" lantern using construction paper, yarn, and an art medium (paint, markers, mosaics, etc.)  The lanterns are three dimensional containing four sides. The poem they create is meant to honor a person that they admire - either living or dead. On three sides are meaningful images that they create that relate to the poem. On the fourth side is the poem.