Transcript Performance Poetry

Performance Poetry
and Beyond…
ALL MY FAULT?
Call and Response
The guinea pig has fleas,
there are grass stains on my knees,
AND IT’S ALL MY FAULT?
There’s mustard on the floor,
and flies came in the door,
AND IT’S ALL MY FAULT?
The milk is warm and sour,
all the bread has been devoured,
THAT TOO IS ALL MY FAULT?
Why, when I walk into the room,
do you always start to fume
LIKE IT’S ALL MY FAULT?
Did I cause the national debt?
The creeping ozone threat?
IS THAT ALL MY FAULT?
How ‘bout overpopulation?
Did I pollute the habitation?
IS THAT ALL MY FAULT?
Was I born to take the blame?
A guilty face to fit your frame?
LIKE, THIS IS ALL MY FAULT?
I didn’t make the traffic slow,
but that delinquent video
is mine.
That one is all my fault.
Activity and poem by Sara Holbrook
You’ve Got Rhythm
The dog ate my homework.
You’ve heard that before?
This one ate the table,
then chewed through the door.
Activity and poem by Sara Holbrook
COPYCAT
I’m serious.
Don’t copy me.
I mean it now.
You let me be.
I’m outta here.
Don’t follow me.
I’m warning you.
Stop.
Stop.
STOP.
Stop that.
No fair.
You started it.
I’m serious.
Don’t copy me.
I mean it now.
You let me be.
I’m outta here.
Don’t follow me.
I’m warning you.
Stop.
Stop.
Stop that.
No fair.
You better quit.
Activity and poem by Sara Holbrook
You are entitled to your point
of view…
I’m going to be as great as…
Activity and poem by Sara Holbrook
Ways to Present!
Choral reading
 Inflection
 Pace
 Attitude/tone
 Projection
 Gestures
 Facial expressions
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Performing a Poem
We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Pool Players.
Seven at The Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk Late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
Harlem
by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore –
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over –
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Text Rendering
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Choral Read
Respond with whip around pass
Read silently
Vocabulary
Figurative language
Underline favorite parts
Jump-in read
Create new poems
Read in parts (by gender, etc.)
An Exercise in Imagery
Imagery Exercise.doc
Painting by Shawn Reed
And Beyond…
Poetry Café
 Creative Responses
 Personal Responses
 Student Poetry
 Poetry Analysis (long essays)
 And whatever else you may dream of…
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