“COMPOSITION TIME”: Work on your poetry portfolio It 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 vividly Is there anyplace in your poem where figurative language would strengthen the poem?

20 MAY 2015 BELL 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 AGENDA COMPOSITION TIME PARTNER TIME REVISION 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. Haiku Concrete Abstracts Diamantes Cinquains Acrostic poems “I am…..” poems

COMPOSITION TIME: 25 MINUTES “COMPOSITION TIME” = Work on your poetry portfolio QUIET, INDEPENDENT, INDIVIDUAL WRITING. Actively writing, revising rewriting 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 down increase your volume decrease your volume Pause (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 DELIVERY WHAT 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

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 classrooms Seven hundred children Fourteen teachers Have touched my life. Every day I come My 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 learn I come to earn a paycheck I come to earn my diploma 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 reports When do I have time for my personal life? 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 Like 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 talk I 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 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

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 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 REVISE SPEND TIME CONCENTRATING ON REVISION : ASK, ANSWER, FIX What 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 vividly Is 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.