12/11 periods C and D, due 12/15

• Rewrite your poem by hand several times. Each time, try to write more and more of it from memory.
• Read your poem aloud before going to sleep at night, and repeat it when you wake up.
• Carry around a copy of your poem. You’ll find several moments throughout the day to reread or recite it.
• Practice your poem by saying it to family and friends.
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Practice and model recitation skills in the classroom.
• With the class, develop a list of bad habits that take away from a performance, such as inaudible volume, speaking too quickly, monotone, fidgeting, overacting, etc.
• Then develop a list of elements of a successful recitation, such as sufficient volume, an appropriate speed with the proper pauses, voice inflection, evidence of understanding, etc.
• Play portions of the audio and the videos as further examples.
• Recite poems yourself--this is a powerful way to show students it can be done.
• Share and examine the poetry out loud rubric

Hw)  Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse for Poetry Out Loud performances next Monday