Poetry Out Loud Detailed Rubric

In class presentations on 11/26 (A) and 11/25 (B).
Original assignment, dates, and requirements - Here

Students will receive a half sheet rubric in class with teacher notes, for more in depth explanation for grades given, please look below.

In order to receive a 5 on the rubric:
- Introduction : Student introduced their name, poem title, and author to the audience before the recitation of their poem.
- Accuracy: Student needs no prompts for the next line of their poem and does not miss any words while presenting.
- Eye Contact: Student maintains effective eye contact with their audience the entire time.
- Memorization: Student has clearly memorized the poem in its entirety (Academic: Student demonstrates an effort to memorize their poem and uses their copy of the poem minimally to recite.)
- Voice Volume: Student speaks in a loud, clear voice and increased/decreased volume in a way that enhanced the presentation.

2-4: (4 being the minimal offence for each category, 2 being the maximum)
- Introduction: Student does not remember the name of their poem or author or needs to reference their copy of the poem. Or student needs to be prompted to say one of these three requirements.
- Accuracy: Student needs 1-2 prompts for the next line or misses 1-3 words in their poem.
- Eye Contact: Student attempts to maintain eye contact but looks away 1-3 times.
- Memorization: Student has most of the poem memorized, but not in its entirety.
- Voice Volume: Student spoke somewhat loudly and clearly.

1:
- Introduction: Student does not introduce themselves or their author and poem.
- Accuracy: Student skips entire lines of their poem or has to restart multiple times.
- Eye Contact: Student makes no eye contact, either looking entirely at their copy of the poem (Academic) or away from their audience (Honors).
- Memorization: Student does not have their poem memorized.
- Voice Volume: Student did not speak loudly or clearly, it was difficult to understand what the student was saying.

End of Quarter Outline

PWP#1: Past due date (10/20). There will be no more revisions accepted. PWP#1 was entered in the gradebook 9/19. Students had a month to do their revisions, including work time in class. If students did not take advantage of this time, the R grade (75%) will remain in the gradebook. If student turned in one revision on the last day, it is likely that their grade will also remain an R. It was told and demonstrated to students that multiple revisions were usually required to earn an A (100%).

Previous PWP Blog posts that have been discussed in class:
Original Assignment Details
Revision Requirements
Additional Helpful Information

End of Quarter One Details:
10/24 and 10/25 - Small group peer presenting and self reflection for Poetry Out Loud
10/26 and 10/27 - Intro Poe, read Annabel Lee, Socratic Seminar intro and practice.
10/29 - Honors PWP#2 due on Turnitin.com.
10/30 and 10/31 - Present Poetry Out Loud (Summative)
11/1 and 11/2 - Socratic Seminar (Summative) - Cold Read for honors: Tell Tale Heart
11/3 - Last day of Quarter
      *If you missed the Socratic you must do the Make-Up and turn it in by the end of the day.
      *Email or Handwritten accepted
11/6 and 11/7 - Teacher Work Days
11/9 and 11/10 - Vocab List #3 Quiz

Academic Socratic Seminar Prep Checklist: Here

P.O.L. Practice Presentation and Reflection

Part One:
Presentations will be done to your small group. You need to do as much recitation from memory as you can without the help of your poem. Each group member will perform and then their peers will fill out the feedback form. Once a member has presented and the feedback forms have been filled out, talk in your small groups about the feedback given. Do this for each group member.

Once you have completed this, take turns to recite again and try to improve on your feedback.

Part Two:
- Make sure that your poem has been approved by Mrs. Whittington (see StudentVUE).
- Once the teacher directs you to stop practicing and each person in your group has presented, you will collect back your peer feedback forms, look them over, and reflect on your practice presentation.

Here is an additional link to the peer feedback forms.

MLA Format Overview

Essential Question Practice

Skinny Block:
Use the story Valediction by Sherman Alexie to answer each one of these questions in a paragraph response. A minimum of 4 sentences each.

1.) What does the story tell about the storyteller? (What does the author think/feel about the subject of the story?)
2.) How does this story relate to the world around us? (Connect the story to our world)
3.) Why do we still read this? (What lesson does it teach?)
4.) What would you have done differently if you were the main character in the story?
5.) How can we use this story to better ourselves? (Relate the story to you personally, what part of it can make you better? Why?)

Vocab List #3

Quizlet - Terms and Example Words

Ninth Grade Vocabulary – List Three
Prefixes	de-	down, away, off	descend, deject (cast down), decline
	di- / dif- / dis-	apart, different	diverge, differ, dissent, disengage, discord, discomfort
	ex-	out of, from, former	exhume, exhale, exodus, exit
Roots/Bases	alter-	other	alternate, alter ego
	ced- / cess-	yield, go	recede, secede, proceed, intercede, concession
	demo-	people	demography, democracy, epidemic
	ego-	self	egotist, egomania
	min-	small	minority, minuscule, minute
	miss- / mit(t)-	to send	transmission, remittance, permit, submission, mission, emit
	pon- / pos- / posit-	put	correspond, compose, composition
	port-	carry, door, port	portable, transport, portage, report
	temp- / tempor-	time	temporary, temporize, contemporary
Suffixes	-cracy	government by	democracy, autocracy, meritocracy
	-crat	ruler	democrat, autocrat

Recent Assignments

The week of 10/9 - 10/13 we used the following blog labels. They can also be found to the right of your screen.

Fairy Tale Notes and PowerPoint

Poetry Out Loud Instructions and Due Dates

Rumpelstiltskin DEJ Instructions : 10/13

MLA Continued

Video: How to set up MLA on Google Docs

*This video tells you to use Calibri font, this is incorrect. You MUST use Times New Roman.

MLA Quiz Link

Most Dangerous Game

Most Dangerous Game Movie

Directed by Irving Pichel and Ernest B. Schoedsack

Film Study Handout:

Honors - HERE

Academic - HERE

Homework:

Honors - Use your director notes taken throughout the movie to complete the Honors Film Study Handout.

Skinny Block - Complete the Film Study Handout as well as write a (minimum) one paragraph response to 'Why do you think the directors made changes to the movie?' Do not just rewrite your list. 

Use the link to the movie above if you need to go back and re-watch 

in order to finish your assignment.