Friday 2/3 - Feedback and Writing assignment

So, two things today...

A. Feedback on your poetry reading

Before I give you your feedback, I want you to answer the questions below.

1. Consider the aims for this assignment (working with tempo, pronunciation, intonation, voice level, body language, 'extras'), and tell me about the strenghts, the good things, from your presentation. Name at least one.

2. How should you work in order to improve on these strong points? Try to be specific.

3. Do you think that the layout of the assignment was well suited to its goals? Why/why not?

B. Writing assignment

Aim: Practicing future tense, and practicing how to describe settings and feelings.

Write a post in your blogs where you tell me about your upcoming holidays. Write it in the future tense (I will.....), and go overboard, and I really mean overboard, when you describe settings (the glittering white, virgin snow in the sun-drenched, ultra-challenging slopes where you'll do your skiing) and feelings (the exuberant happiness born from freedom, coupled with the almost melancholy longing to see you teachers again). You've read and/or written poetry. Now it's time to use it in practice.