Poetry Out Loud

 

 Poetry Out Loud 

Today you will need to pick out a poem from the Poetry Out Loud website: https://www.poetryoutloud.org/search/?type=poem. After you have your poem picked out, you will need to read over it a few times and then write a paragraph stating what it is about (what is it's theme and main idea). You will need to email this and the poem's title to me). Then, you'll need to start memorizing the poem. 

 

 The POL competition is on Wednesday February 2nd at 6:30 pm on the school stage.  This is a requirement.  You must have a poem memorized and ready to perform.  This is also an easy grade:

50 points for the memorization
30 points for showing up to the performance
20 points for the acting of the poem.

The winner of POL receives a $50 gift certificate to Radio Shack and has a chance to go the State Championship in March.

Here is a link to the POL judging guidelines
This rubric is also how you will be graded on the "acting" portion.

Poetry Out Loud website can be found here

Tips for performance can be found here

 

If you would like to watch a few POETRY OUT LOUD videos to see what it might look like go to:

https://www.poetryoutloud.org/competing/watch-recitation-videos/