Tuesday, April 8th, 2014: Emoji Poetry

Today, we are taking the classics into the modern age. 

You will be given the choice of 4 poems.

Choose one

and then rewrite the poem using emojis/emoticons.

Here are some websites that will be helpful:

http://emojipedia.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

http://cool-smileys.com/text-emoticons

but also, to find emojis, just type into google what you need plus emoji on the end and 

then search in the image section. 

Here are some examples of emoji illustrations:

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"

A famous line for Shakespeare's play Hamlet

the original lines:

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,

Chamillionaire's "Ridin Dirty"

Michelangelo's famous painting Creation of Adam