1. Transforming a haikuinto a visual medium I am nobody A red sinking autumn sun Took my name away By: Richard Wright

2. The Haiku… Thoughts & Questions… Share the visual images you see. What types of images can you use to represent nobody and name away. How can you represent the adjectives: red sinking autumn. Should your visual be a literal or an abstract interpretation? Should it be a blend? What type of visual medium would you like to use? How will your visual capture both the haiku and its mysterious individual parts? I am nobody A red sinking autumn sun Took my name away

3. LiteralAbstract

4. Visual Medium: The Options Photography Comic Strip Video CGI (computer generated imagery)

5. Assignment Requirements Search online for a haiku by Richard Wright Choose a visual medium to interpret the haiku Create an artist statement about your interpretation Present your project Rubrics will be used to assess you on the following: Artist Statement Visual Interpretation

6. Assignment Guidance Artist Statement Visual Interpretation How did you interpret the haiku? How did that interpretation guide your visual lens? Offer your opinion on why it’s important to transform words into visuals. Use visual elements and principles to assist you. Be unique… be innovative! Use your rubric to guide your decisions.

7. Rubric for Artist StatementNumeric Score: 1 (lowest) – 4 (highest)

8. Rubric for Visual Project Numeric Score: 1(lowest) – 4 (highest)

9. Let’s see if this presentation carries any aesthetic merit. Be critical.

10. How about this one?

11. And this one?

12. Come on… just one more… please!

13. State Standards (FL) The student will: LA.1112.2.1.4 analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, providing textual evidence for the identified theme; LA.1112.3.5.1 prepare writing using technology in a format appropriate to the purpose (e.g., for display, multimedia); LA.1112.5.2.3 use research and visual aids to deliver oral presentations that inform, persuade, or entertain, and evaluates one’s own and others’ oral presentations according to designed rubric criteria; LA.1112.6.4.1 select and use appropriate available technologies (e.g., computer, digital camera) to enhance communication and achieve a purpose (e.g., video, presentations).

14. Thank you… Wright Connection scholars! Powerpoint created by Marisol Cruz, July 2010