1. Pg#16 Peer-Editing4/27/15 Aim: How peer-editing help us in our final revision to the Senior Research Paper? Do Now: Take out your Senior Research Paper

2. Peer Editing Instructions #1: Formulate a group of 4 #2: Cross out your name and write your ID # instead. #3: Each person will receive a paper. Read the paper and correct grammar and spelling on the actual paper itself. If you are unsure of an error please ask me first. #4: Answer the questions on the peer-editing worksheet

3. TURNITIN.COM Course Title: CP English 12 Period 3 Class ID: 8431007 Password: Khweiss Senior Research Paper due tomorrow! Submit on TURNITIN.COM by tomorrow night (11:59 pm) Sonnet DUE tomorrow!

4. Peer-editing Sonnet Read each other’s sonnets. What could this person do to improve their sonnet? Does this person follow the sonnet structure (pentameter, rhyme scheme, 14 lines—3 quatrains and a couplet)? What is the turning point in the sonnet? If there is no turning point, mention that this person is lacking one. Where could this person insert Shakespearean language? Is there a better rhyme for a particular word?

5. Presentation of Sonnets Take out the Senior Research Paper CONGRATS YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE PAPER and one step closer to graduating ! Now, Take out the Sonnet

6. Page 16 Spoken-word 4/30 Aim: What is a spoken-word poem and how can we begin to construct one? Do Now: Jot down what you know about a spoken-word poem. If you don’t know much, take a guess.

7. The Oral Tradition The spoken-word tradition has roots that go very far back in Western history. The Beat movement of the 1950s revitalized it for contemporary America, and it has since been going strong with the beginning of poetry "slams" in the 1980s. Closely linked to rap and street culture, spoken word poetry tends to be relatively raw, energetic, outward-directed and reliant upon a good stage performance. That is, it may not always hold up especially well on paper, but that is not its intended medium. Spoken word must be delivered live, and the "acting" of the speaker is a big part of the work itself. Poetry slams, when done well, are delirious, energetic, and very interactive—the audience talks, hollers, judges...basically acts as part of the performance itself.

8. SPOKEN WORD POETRY The Oral Tradition

9. Dated back to… Hey, Daddy-o Homer 800 BC Old English poetry 400 AD Native American 8000 BC to present The Beats 1950s Slam Poetry 1980s to present

10. How do slams work?

11. Style/Structure? Rhyme, Repetition, and Diction are major poetic techniques used in Spoken-word poetry. The goal of a spoken-word poem is to tell a story with a lot of passion and emotion. The story must “move” the audience. You will pick a topic you are very passionate about. The style/structure is free-style.

13. Blurring the line between poetry and theater; performances are like one-person, one-act plays. Aggressive, clever, sometimes funny rhyme, not in any strict pattern (triple rhymes, internal rhymes, slant rhymes, repeated words, etc. In video, “Lazarus, Lazie, Lazy”). Projection! Loud broadcast. Getting into a groove. Memorizing the material adds interest. (optional) Mixing genres: insert singing, use accompanying sound, etc. Ritual presence of performer.

14. Assignment You will write a poem which is meant to be performed. You'll hand it in with your other chapbook materials. You will practice reciting this poem to the class before the presentation (Next Tuesday). Memorization is optional Feel free to use sound effects, music, special garb. Criteria—Performance should be Engaging Inventive Energetic and/or of adequate intensity Well-rehearsed Well-projected, audible Well-paced

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