1. 10th Grade English Monday 13 Jan. 2013
Agenda:
Note! Rescheduled Labeled Emotions
Practice Reciting Poem
Mini Lesson on Blocking
More Tips for Memorizing
Silently Work on Memorizing Remainder of Poem
Challenge: Recite 6 Memorized Lines to Me Today!
Homework:
Memorized Poem due TOMORROW!!! Tuesday, 1/14.
Labeled Emotions Due Tomorrow, 1/14. Date was rescheduled since you’ll need your poems to study from tonight.

2. Learning Targets
I can add gestures and planned facial expressions or eye movements to my poem when appropriate.
I can practice memorizing at least the first 6 lines of my poem.
I can recite the first 6 lines from my poem aloud.

3. Reciting Your Poem
Grab your poem, stand up, and go stand at the edge of the classroom facing the wall.
Practice reciting your poem over and over for 5 minutes.
Title of poem
Author
Recite Poem

4. Blocking
- the process of developing the movement during a performance.
Should reinforce the motivation, dynamic, emotion and/or purpose of the speaker in order to assist the audience in understanding the poem.
Let the emotions you just marked in your poem be a guide or inspiration for your movement choices.
STANDING TALL = powerful, happy, excited or aggressive.
LOWERED HEAD/CHEST CAVED IN = appearing weak, sad or passive.
Try several ways of moving/gesturing until you find one that works for you. When you find what works for you, WRITE IT DOWN in between the lines or beside the lines of the script where you are going to make the planned movement.

5. List of Items that Must Be Blocked
Directions: all body postures, facial expressions and gestures should be reflect the emotions the speaker is feeling. Please list and explain how you plan to perform the following items: (write this on your poem)
Body Posture
Facial Expressions
Weight Distribution
Gestures
Intentional Eye Gaze

6. Challenge is On!
Recite 6 lines to me out loud as soon as you have them memorized!
Tomorrow, your entire memorized poem is due, so practice, practice, practice!
Memorization Tip I:
Write (in black ink) on each sticky note one stanza or sentence. Continue this until you have written the entire poem.
Memorize the first sticky note. Do this by not reading the next one until you can recite the first, out loud, five times without error.
Move to the next sticky note. Follow step two again, this time with both sticky notes.
Congratulate yourself for committing to memory the entire body of your poem.
Memorization Tip II:
Find a recorded version of your poem on youtube, or record your own if you have the ability. Listen to this recorded version over and over to help you memorize the poem.