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Record a "Solitary Reaper" Sing-Along
Working alone or with a small group, record yourself singing "The Solitary Reaper" to the ballad tune of your choice (except that you cannot use "The Wellerman"--you will need to find a ballad tune of your own.)
Expand a Prose Passage Into a Poem
Just as Wordsworth did with Thomas Wilkinson's account of his encounter with a singing woman in the Scottish Highlands, choose a prose passage of your own and expand it into a poem. The prose passage your choose should be about 50-100 words; attach this to your work. Your poem should be longer if your prose passage is longer--between 15-30 lines, total. You may choose whether to write free verse or rhymed, metrical poetry.
Give the Reaper Her Own Account
You have read Wilkinson's account and Wordsworth's poem based on this account. But no one has heard from the...
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