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English 2AE / Hoban Tuesday, September 28, 2010

New School Wide Dates
Wednesday, January 19: After school session for students who would like to enter the competition, but did not recite in their English classes (in 218E, snow day: 1/20)

Friday, January 21: Last day to submit Contest Evaluation Sheets to POL Committee

Wednesday, January 26: Announcement of Top 16 students who will advance to the School-wide competition

Wednesday, February 9: School-wide POL Competition at 7 p.m. in ABRHS Auditorium (snow date, T.B.D.)

REMEMBER: Also, please be sure that students use official Poetry Out Loud versions of the poems only.

Due Date for Poem Selection: Wednesday, Nov 3
 * __Poetry Out Loud Assignment__**

As you will see from the presentation in today’s class, we will be taking part in a school-wide poetry performance project, in conjunction with the national Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. This project begins in the classroom, and is mandatory within those bounds. If you want to go further, there will be ample opportunity, and that will be voluntary. For now, let’s start with just us. N.B. This will be a graded assignment (50 points). I am including the rubric with this handout, so you’ll know the criteria for grading.

You will be choosing a poem to memorize and recite to the class. Your poem has to be chosen from among those at the Poetry Out Loud website ([]), and for the (mandatory) classroom assignment, you may choose a poem of 25 lines or fewer. If you want to go on beyond the classroom, you may have to choose more than one poem, and a longer one.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO CHOOSE A GROUP OF 3-4 STUDENTS WHO WILL HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY. LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS YOUR GROUP IS FORMED AND I WILL MAKE YOU YOUR OWN PAGE THAT YOU WILL USE TOGETHER AS A PLACE TO PUT YOUR THOUGHTS AND POSSIBLE POEM SELECTIONS.

You can and should choose any poem that appeals to you for any reason at all. You do not have to choose an American author; however, if you would like to get a head start on some of the poetry we’ll be reading later in the year, you might want to consider some of these (American) poets:

Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson Robert Frost Gwendolyn Brooks Mary Oliver Maya Angelou Cliff MacKay Carl Sandburg Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Edgar Allen Poe

You will have time during class today to hunt around for a poem – **//take your time!//** It should be **fun**. Really.