“COMPOSITION TIME”:Work on your poetry portfolioIt is a quiet, INDEPENDENT writing

time. You are to actively write, revise,

read and rewrite your own portfolio poems.

For the next week and a half we will have class time broken into“PARTNER WORK”:You may use this time to work with a partner on your poetry. During this time you are to assist one another, read each other’s poems, listen to the poems, share ideas, share revision suggestions.

“TIME TO REVISE”: During REVISION TIME you must stop what you writing and WORK OF REVISING one of your portfolio poems. REVISION QUESTIONS: What word would work better? Does your rhythm need work? Can you develop an image more clearly and vividlyIs there anyplace in your poem where figurative language would strengthen the poem?

20 MAY 2015BELL ACTIVITY: Write a list of 5 possible poetry themes. Then develop one or two of them a list of images, memories, activities etc.

TODAY’S AGENDACOMPOSITION TIMEPARTNER TIMEREVISION TIME

POETRY FOR 2 VOICES SPEECH ASSIGNMENT.COMPOSITION TIME.

Why are there 4 seasons?

Why are honeysuckles called honeysuckle when they don’t taste like honey?

How does a zipper work?

Why can’t animals talk and dance?

Can other species communicate to each other?

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING……

You must use 2 different formats for your 2 choice poems&

I will not accept any of the following poetry formats as your “A Poem of Your Own Design” option.

HaikuConcrete AbstractsDiamantes

CinquainsAcrostic poems“I am…..” poems

COMPOSITION TIME: 25 MINUTES

“COMPOSITION TIME” = Work on your poetry portfolioQUIET, INDEPENDENT, INDIVIDUAL WRITING.

Actively writing, revisingrewriting your own poems.

YOU MAY LISTEN TO YOUR OWN MUSIC IF YOU HAVE HEADPHONES.

• ONLY DURING COMPOSITION OR REVISION TIME.

• MUSIC CANNOT BE SO LOUD THAT OTHERS CAN HEAR

• DEVICE ON THE DESK, FACEUP• NO SHARING HEADPHONES• ONLY IN MY CLASSROOM. • MRS. SAUNDERS MAY DISALLOW

SPECIFIC MUSIC IF IT ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE.

• IF ALLOWING MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM CAUSES BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT ISSUES, IT WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED.

PARTNER WORK: 5-10 MINUTES

“PARTNER WORK”: FIND A PARTNER work with a partner on your poetry. assist one another, read each other’s poems, listen to the poems, share ideas & revision suggestions.

HEADPHONES & DIGITAL DEVICES PUT AWAY

Poetry that is written in columns for two people to perform. Readers read both

separately and simultaneously.

Poetry for Two Voices

READING POETRY…..HOW YOU READ IT, AFFECTS HOW IT IS HEARD

CHANGING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES THE POEM…

PITCH OF YOUR VOICE, THE SPEED THAT YOU SPEAK, THE VOLUME OF YOUR VOICE

WHEN READING POETRY, THE PERFORMER MUST DETERMINE WHICH WORDS OR PHRASES TO

EMPHASIZE & WHICH TO

DE-EMPHASIZE.

There is more to emphasis than volume.

To EMPHASIZE a word or words: slow downincrease your volumedecrease your volumePause (longer than may be natural) directly after the word or right before the word.

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

Thief?

“I didn’t say you stole my money”

NON-VERBAL DELIVERYWHAT THE REST OF ME IS SAYING WHILE MY VOICE IS

READING OUT LOUD

STANCE

POSTURE

GESTURES

MOVEMENT

EYE CONTACT

STANCE

POSTURE

Feet shoulder width apart, balanced. Avoid swaying or shifting your balance. Have your feet pointed toward the audience.

Stand erect (straight back, shoulders up, head pointed forward,)

NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

GESTURES

MOVEMENT

Hands should rest down at your sides, relaxed. If that isn’t possible, try holding them behind your back. When holding a speech or poem, avoid rattling the paper. This is why index cards work better, they are less distracting.

Movement that is planned or choreographed to enhance the poem is great, but movement can easily become distracting.

NON-VERBAL DELIVERY

EYE CONTACT Eye contact, or the illusion of it is essential. If you are reading your poem, you must still know your poem well enough to look up 75% or more of the time. If eye contact is hard, try looking at the tops of heads – especially those in the middle of the room.

“Graduation”

I am a teacher    I am a student

Twenty years my trade  Seven classrooms  

  Fourteen classroomsSeven hundred children  

  Fourteen teachersHave touched my life. Have touched my life.

Every day I come Every day I comeMy choice, my call  

  They make me.I'm glad I'm here I'm glad I'm here.

I come to teach  

  I come to learnI come to earn a paycheck I come to earn my diploma

I come to be with my friends I come to be with my friends

I work very hard    They make me work hard

Lesson plans, forms and more forms  

  Projects, exams, oral reportsWhen do I have time for my

personal life?When do I have time for my

personal life?

I HATE HOMEWORK! I HATE HOMEWORK!

I love my students    My teachers hate me.

Sometimes I think the kids hate me  

 Most of my teachers are

pretty cool Sometimes they make me so

mad Sometimes they make me so

madLike when it's only been ten minutes since lunch and they ask to go to the restroom

and it is the same kids every time.  

 

Well, they won't let us talkI write about what's important to

me!

or when they won't talk  or when they won't stop

talking  

 

It's like they don't think we have a life and we should just be able to stop it when the bell rings and start talking

about what they want us to talk about instead of what is important to us.

They can make me laugh  

 

I like to play

I like to joke and put people on They help me stay young

 New music, new slang  "I love school.....not!"

I try to challenge them  

  They challenge me Challenge their perceptions of

the world and themselves    I challenge them back

I try to keep them on their toes

I try to keep them on their toes

Sometimes I'm so proud of them  

 

Sometimes I get good grades

They work hard I work hard…On somethings

They rise to my challenge  

They succeed I succeed I feel so proud I feel so proud

All seven hundred have moved on    It's time to move on

I worry about them when they go    It's kind of scary

I hope I've provided them each with little something that will make the way

a little smoother    And exciting

And I am often reassured as I grow to know my students each year, because invariably I find something uniquely wonderful in each

one  This gives me hope  

Because Because They are the future I am the future.

Now it’s your turn!

First you will need a partner.

Next you will need a poem.

Read through the poem silently first.

Then, with your partner read through it and plan how you will present it.

What do you need to plan….

• Who will read which part?

• Which words or phrases do you need or want to emphasize.

• How will you emphasize the different words or phrases? What tools will you use?

TIME TO REVISESPEND TIME CONCENTRATING ON REVISION : ASK, ANSWER, FIXWhat word might work better? Does your rhythm need work? What about enjambment? Would changing the order of my lines help? How can an image be developed more clearly and vividlyIs there figurative language in the poem? What poetic sound devices would strengthen the poem?

YOU MAY LISTEN TO YOUR OWN MUSIC IF YOU HAVE HEADPHONES.

• ONLY DURING COMPOSITION OR REVISION TIME.

• MUSIC CANNOT BE SO LOUD THAT OTHERS CAN HEAR

• DEVICE ON THE DESK, FACEUP• NO SHARING HEADPHONES• ONLY IN MY CLASSROOM. • MRS. SAUNDERS MAY DISALLOW

SPECIFIC MUSIC IF IT ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE.

• IF ALLOWING MUSIC IN THE CLASSROOM CAUSES BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT ISSUES, IT WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED.