Welcome Back! Monday 6 Jan. 2014 Agenda: Winter Break Highlights/Return LOTF Final Exams Introduce Poetry Out Loud Watch Example Recitations Rate Scoring Rubric Score Performances with Rubric and Discuss Homework: Peruse poetryoutloud.org Meet in 503 Lab on Wednesday, 1/8.
Learning Targets I can explain the Poetry Out Loud competition to a peer. I can select two elements that I noticed a speaker did well in his or her performance. I can select whose performance I like better, Taylor Mali’s or Mary Fons’s, and explain why.
What is Poetry Out Loud? National Competition State Winner gets $200.00 State Runner Up gets $100.00 National Winner gets $20,000.00 College Scholarship A total of $50,000.00 in awards and school stipends will be given away at the National Competition They provide a list of poems from which to choose Recite or Perform 1 Memorized Poem In students’ own words, Poetry Out Loud is …
What do Performances Look Like? Examples of 2012-2013 State Winners:
Taylor Mali
Paper Girl’s Poem Mary Fons’ “I Love You” poem
Evaluating Performers Whose performance did you like better and why?