Florida SouthWestern State College My Fathers Song by Simon J Ortiz Infographic

Before submitting your Poet Infographic, please be sure to review the following items within Module 8:

If you are creating an Infographic:

1. Project Guidelines: Poet Infographic
2. Tips: Creating an Infographic on a Poet
3. Word Template: Author Infographic (please see technical support tip below)
4. Infographic Sample #1
5. Infographic Sample #2Project Guidelines: Poet Infographic
   You will be creating an Infographic on one of the authors that we covered this semester in LIT 2000; this type of assignment seeks to accomplish two goals:  explore at least two points about an author’s works and create a visual support for the information.  Our audience today often likes information in short “bites” with visual emphasis, so all writers need to be able to manipulate this type of document.These are some of the items that you will need to include:
   • Banner at the top of the page with the author’s name and subtitle (theme of your visual essay).
   • Overview of what you are going to explain about his or her work.
   • Two points enhanced by visual representations.
   • A sidebar with biographical information on the author.
   • A summary of what the two points convey in a larger sense.
   • This assignment is designed to give your practice on creating a visual essay, and your audience would be a college class.
   • Use color and design to convey your own sense of creativity!Possible Topics
   1. Take Simon J. Ortiz and compose an Infographic on him covering his background as a Native American, his themes in his poem, “My Father’s Song,” and his importance as a poet today.
   2. Cover Adrienne Rich as a feminist poet, including the themes of love and marriage in “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” and her appeal as a poet.
   3. Explore Theodore Roethke as a 20th century poet, including the themes of a dysfunctional family his impact as a poet to his reading audience.
   4. Download: Project Guidelines: Poet Infographic Edit
6. downloadTips: Creating an Infographic on a Poet
   Focus your ideas with a simple visual enhancement.  When writing about the poet, always include a photograph of the poet (or portrait) to convey a sense of the poet’s identity.
   Keep the infographic focused on the main points:  the introduction, biography, and main themes.  Don’t cutter the information with other points.
   Make the visuals complementary with 2-3 main colors.  These colors should coordinate and fit with the photographic images—not distract the reader.
   Vary the images.  Don’t include all “square” shapes; the brain finds it appealing to see circles, lines, and squares.
   Use the “white space” effectively without making the colors overwhelm the images.  Every aspect of the infographic should blend.
   Always proofread the text sections of the infographic.  Grammar and punctuation errors detract from the credibility of the document