Poetry & Prose Presentation
1.
Introductions
are due Friday April 19th . You must have your poetry
or prose piece picked out in order to present your introduction. Make up three
to five sentences explaining the work you are going to read. What is the piece
about, who’s the author, why did you pick this piece? You
must present the introduction with out looking at your notes or reading off your
paper.
Implement the following guidelines
in your introduction. The introduction must be memorized. (Use organized
format/Thesis, attention device, preview, transition: see handout # 1 & 2):
·
What is
the piece about?
·
Who’s
the author?
·
Why did
you pick/like this piece?
·
Where did
you get this piece?
2.
You can
choose any poetry or prose piece you want as
long as it is appropriate for the the classroom and is in good taste.
Your piece must be taken off the Internet or scanned from a text source (Use any
search engine / Cut, paste, & print off of Microsoft Word / Save your work
on a floppy disk).
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Note: You must cite your work. Where did you get it and who wrote it?!!!
Song lyrics will not be accepted as a poetry or prose presentation. You must recite a poem or story that is not published as a song or rap.
Write on a separate paper:
·
The
Author?
·
The
Publisher
·
Where did
you find the piece?
·
Web site
information (URL Address, Search engine information etc.)
3.
The reading must be over two minutes long and no more than 5 minutes. You
can read a short poem and a short prose piece in combination. Points will be
deducted if it is under two minutes.
4.
The
poetry and prose speech is due Thursday April
25th with your introduction.
5.
You must
use intensity, emphases, pitch, eye contact, and different volume changes,
through out the reading (Points will be deducted if these techniques are not
implemented).
Useful Search Engines
Poetry Web Sites:
More Poems By Shel Silverstein
Prose Web Sites: