1. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

2. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

3. Loneliness and Isolation
“vacant or in pensive mood” (20)
“daffodils” (4) “lake” (5)
“trees” (5) “breeze” (6)
“stars” (7) “bay” (10)
“waves” (13)
“jocund company” (16)
Happiness

4. Experiences that influenced his writing Literary Achievements
William wordsworth
Childhood
Adult Life
Experiences that influenced his writing
Literary Achievements
Born April 7, 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England
The second of five children in a well-off family
Attended Hawkshead Grammar School and St. John’s College
in Cambridge
Had an affair with Annette Vallon, who bore illegitimate daughter, Caroline
Married Mary Hutchinson and had five children
Died April 23, 1850
Experiences that influenced his writing:
Losing his mother when he was just eight years old
A walking tour of Europe and contact with/ interest in the French Revolution
Interest in and sympathy for the life, troubles, and speech of the “common man”
Meeting Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The death of his daughter, Dora
Literary Achievements
Descriptive Sketches (1793)
Lyrical Ballads (1798)
Poems in Two Volumes (1807)
The Prelude (it was completed in 1805, but it was revised several times and published posthumously in 1850)

5. Rethinking the Poetry Project
Tim O’Connor
Engl 613

6. Assignment

7. Assignment - 2016 Overview: Goal of redesign
Groups assigned one of ten poems
Analyze and present to class
Focus on theme, poetic devices
Goal of redesign
Maintain collaborative focus/students teaching students
Rethink product/tools

8. The Inspiration

9. The Inspiration
Vannever Bush’s “Memex” – “a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility.”
Jenkins’ Participatory Culture/Key Skills for Students:
Collective Intelligence: the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others towards a common goal
Networking: the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information

10. Assignment

11. Assignment - 2017 Goals Challenges
Maintain high expectations for traditional ELA skills
Engage students in collaborative knowledge-building
Expose students to new composition tools
Challenges
Making creation process accessible
Department buy-in
Evaluation