Heroic Poetry
Coffeehouse
Words mean more
than what is set down on paper. It takes
the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.
*Maya
Angelou
How do heroes throw life
lines?
Objectives:
ü
Write a poem about a person
who is a hero or your hero that lends itself to being read aloud and/or performed.
ü
Practice performance
ü
Present poetry reading to the
class
ü
Use a rubric to rate
performance
Poetry Requirements:
ü
Must cover appropriate
material
ü
A creative, research-based,
heroic poem of 20+ lines
ü
A separate paragraph
explaining why the person is your hero.
ü
Creatively display poem and
the paragraph in a booklet/folder.
ü
Poetry Presentation:
ü On
the day of the coffeehouse, you will present your poem to the class by reading
it aloud.
Today:
ü Poetry
writing workshop
ü first
draft
Friday 1/11/2013: Poetry
Coffeehouse Reading!
On the reverse side is a poem about a hero
named Oskar Schindler. Why is he a hero,
given our exploration of a hero?
Poetry Coffeehouse Rubric Name:___________________________________________
At which
level of a poet and presenter are you?-->
|
Poet Laureate
25 points
|
Rising to the Top
21 points
|
Send it to the Editor
17 points
|
Don’t Bother
15 points
|
Performance
-rhythm
-voice
-intonation
|
Ø Very confident
Ø Extremely engaging
|
Ø Confident
Ø Somewhat engaging
|
Ø Less confident
Ø Unrehearsed
|
Ø Beginner
Ø Chose not to participate
Ø Muddled
|
Projection and Body
Language
-gestures
-eye contact
-level of
voice
|
Ø Clearly audible
Ø Makes eye contact
Ø Uses proper gestures to enhance
|
Ø Eye contact 50%
Ø Uses proper gestures to enhance
|
Ø Looks down and avoids eye contact
Ø Prompted to speak louder
|
Ø Less than 10% eye contact
Ø Prompted to speak louder and more
clearly
Ø Difficult to follow
|
Creativity
-layout and presentation of
folder/
booklet, Poet Portrait, Poem, hero biography
|
Ø Consistent and uniform handwriting/font
Ø balance of color, text, space, graphics
go above and beyond
Ø very pleasing
|
Ø legible
Ø good use of white space
Ø acceptable
Ø balance of color, text, space, graphics
Ø good enough to post
|
Ø poor handwriting
Ø crossed out words
Ø stapled or otherwise sloppily put
together
Ø no graphics
|
Ø unreadable
Ø does not fill the page
Ø unacceptable appearance
Ø no graphics
|
Completion
-Folder/ booklet
-explanation
of hero
-Poem
(20+) lines)
|
Ø complete
|
Ø mostly
|
Ø somewhat
|
Ø incomplete
|
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