409: How to do a Multimodal Flash Verse Project

Let's talk about an incredibly adaptable project in which students experiment with creative ideas across modes. It's easy to plug into a variety of units and times of year, and ready to tap at a moment's notice. It remixes easily for Valentine's Day on the horizon, but it could also work well at Halloween, or as part of a creative writing unit, or when you're reading any verse novel or graphic novel. This project starts with fiction, moves into verse, and lands in a multimodal combination of verse and imagery. I call it a multimodal flash verse project, informed along the way by the brilliant mode collaborations of Jason Reynolds. Let's dig into it. Links Mentioned: Jason Reynolds' Interview with the Kennedy Center: Book Trailer for Ain't Burned all the Bright: Reynolds on his collab with Novgorodoff: There was a Party for Langston Read-Aloud: Go Further: Explore alllll the Episodes of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast . Get my popular free hexagonal thinking digital toolkit Join our community, Creative High School English , on Facebook. Come hang out on Instagram . Enjoying the podcast? Please consider sharing it with a friend, snagging a screenshot to share on the 'gram, or tapping those ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to help others discover the show. Thank you!

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409: How to do a Multimodal Flash Verse Project is an episode from The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | Education by Betsy Potash.

This episode is 11:17 long.

This episode was published on Jan 21, 2026.

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