Friday 17/2 - Poetry presentations & exercises for competition

1. Prepare/present poem

2. Finish your exercise for the competition. Everything must be in place. It needs to be 'ready-to-use'.

Wednesday Feb 15 - Poetry and more

Ok, so....

1. Prepare and present your poem. Remember what we talked about last week - tempo, pronunciation, intonation, voice level, body language, 'extras'.

2. If you have the time, I want you to prepare a competitive activity for the rest of the group. You can work alone or in pairs for this. The theme for your activity can be anything related to the English language - reading comprehension, listening comprehension, spelling, grammar, whatever. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes for the participants to complete your exercise. Your activity can be aimed towards individuals or groups. Ask if you have questions. Hopefully we'll have enough activities for a 'tournament' later on.

Friday 10/2 - Poetry reading

Things to think about:

1. Tempo (varied?)

2. Pronunciation (get everything right!)

3. Intonation

4. Voice level

5. Body language

6. 'Extras'

Check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngH8ZGOEoeM&feature=related or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r-FD969gUM&feature=fvwrel for inspiration.

Wednesday Feb 8 - DPS summary/poetry

1. We'll work together to summarize your impressions of the movie

2. Working with poetry, choose your angle:

a. Write your own poem. Find inspiration in your/our notes from DPS. Write poem, practice reading it, read it. This is the harder task.

b. Pick a poem from the movie. You can find them here. Practice reading it, read it. This is an easier task.

IMPORTANT: For both tasks, a brief presentation of your poem is required.

Friday 3/2 - Dead Poets Society

Things to work with today, in groups of 2-4 people (after watching the last 15...):

1. Identify the main theme(s) in the movie.

2. Identify the different issues dealt with in the movie.

3. Discuss and define the different characters in the movie.

4. What are the defining moments of the movie, the moments where something really important happens?

5. Discuss your general impression of the movie.

Make sure to appoint a secretary. You'll be asked to share your findings.

Next step is poetry work. Haven't really decided what to do with that. Depends on what comes out of what's written above. If you have ideas, bring them.