APRIL 26 TH, 2013 English 10

Housekeeping Most of you that missed Wednesday, I’ve already talked to regarding the Tupac “Me Against the World” analysis that was passed in during class. Anyone who was not here needs to get this and complete it for Monday. Yesterday, we talked about our schedule and our expectations for the next few weeks. In case you forgot/weren’t here:

Important Dates for the Next Couple Weeks April 29 th – Book Talks Begin May 6 th – Poetry Journals Due May 7 th – Poetry Presentations & Submissions May 8 th – Potential Test Day (depends if we finish presentation the day before) May 9 th – Test Day (if not on the 8 th )

Book Talks (Period 1) April 29 th – Maddy / Bethany May 1 st – Courtney May 6 th – Tyler / Ryan May 7 th – Dylan / David May 8 th – J. Cain / Jordan May 9 th – Lucas / Garret May 10 th – Brittany / Jasmine May 14 th – Robyn / Lauren May 15 th – Derrick / Olivia

Book Talks (Period 2) April 29 th – Devyani / Brady April 30 th - Raylynn / Katee May 1 st – Issac / Jin May 2 nd – Brandon / George May 6 th – Miradi / Cole May 7 th – Michael / Brianna May 8 th – Crystal / Hannah May 9 th – Olivia / Jordan May 10 th – Logan / Symon May 14 th – Brett / Kelsey May 15 th – Sahara / Hailey May 16 th – Randy / Brittany

Warm-Up: Poetry Riddles II I will show you a poetry riddle. Try to guess what they are describing. When you think you know the answer, put up your hand!

Practice Round If Monday was on a Thursday, And Wednesday was on a Monday, And Tuesday was on a Wednesday, And Friday was on a Sunday, And Thursday was on a Friday, And Sunday was on a Tuesday, What day would Saturday be on?

Practice Round If Monday was on a Thursday, And Wednesday was on a Monday, And Tuesday was on a Wednesday, And Friday was on a Sunday, And Thursday was on a Friday, And Sunday was on a Tuesday, What day would Saturday be on? SATURDAY

Round 1 At the back of every Igloo, And the middle of the Moon, Always running around in Loops you’ll find me, If you look inside the Room. What am I?

Round 1 At the back of every Igloo, And the middle of the Moon, Always running around in Loops you’ll find me, If you look inside the Room. What am I? OO

Round 2 Three eyes have I, all in a row; When the red one opens, all freeze.

Round 2 Three eyes have I, all in a row; When the red one opens, all freeze. A TRAFFIC LIGHT

Round 2 Still, I am like a mirror, Fast, I am stronger than stone. Wet, I can burn you, Cold, I can keep you warm. Life, I can be in the desert, Death, I can be on the riverbank. What am I?

Round 2 Still, I am like a mirror, Fast, I am stronger than stone. Wet, I can burn you, Cold, I can keep you warm. Life, I can be in the desert, Death, I can be on the riverbank. What am I? WATER

Round 4 They say it can come from your ears, It can also generate fear, Some people love to do it, Indirectly some swallow it, It's not welcome in a house, It's quiet as a mouse, What, pray tell, can it be?

Round 4 They say it can come from your ears, It can also generate fear, Some people love to do it, Indirectly some swallow it, It's not welcome in a house, It's quiet as a mouse, What, pray tell, can it be? SMOKE

Round 5 It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

Round 5 It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter. DARKNESS

Delivery When performing a poem, delivery is crucial. Delivery consists of three parts: 1) Body Language 2) Emotion 3) Rhythm Today we are going to look at each of this in detail and practice them. Taylor Mali – “Totally Like Whatever, You Know?”

Body Language 93% of communication is non-verbal. An awareness of body language is important in performance. First, we are going to practice raising our awareness and communicative skills by trying to get a partner to say a word using only our body language.

Emotion We can use our voices to convey ideas. But we can also use our voices to convey emotion. Ex. No! vs. No… Hello vs. HELLO! Shut up… vs. Shut up! We are going to do another “Get your partner to say…” activity, but this time we are going to try to use our voices to convey emotion. Your partner will guess what emotion you are trying to convey.

Rhythm We’ve talked about rhythm before. But, tempo is also an important part of rhythm we did not discuss. You might speak fast or slow for dramatic effect. Pauses can have great effect too.

Rhythm Practice Activity: Tongue Twisters For our last activity, we are going to do tongue twisters. However, there is a catch. You are going to be performing them in groups. I will give you a tongue twister, give you time to practice it, and then have you perform it at your table or in front of the class. We will vote on the best performance, and the winners get candy!

Betty Botter Betty Botter bought some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's bitter; If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter; But a bit of better butter, That would make my batter better.” So she bought a bit of butter, Better than her bitter butter, And she put it in her batter, And the batter was not bitter; So 'twas better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter.