The cover slam presentation, in my opinion went well and I presented Going to heaven. This poem was a beautiful poem and I felt that I made some good connections presenting it to the class. It took me couple of days to have practice, so I could have present the poem in the way I interpreted it. I wanted to try to connect with the poem, so I changed patterns from slow to fast. I also added the necessary emotions to the poem.
However, the class responded with both positive and negative responds. The overall student body rated that I did a great job and some also included some things I need to change. Some positive responds I receive from the class was that I spoke out loud when it was needed, good facial/verbal expressions, displayed emotions in questions, paused at various points, good feeling of character, stressed/emphasize words, spoke clearly and good movement/gestures. Not only did I receive positive comments but also negative. The negative refers to areas I needed to make improvement. Some negative comments was that I paced to much, going a bit slow, have a little bit more of a flow, stop hand movements and stop at where there was punctuation.
All these advice and comments are all helpful to me because it allows me to make improvement for future activities. I also found some comments similar to the ones I saw after the presentations. This was a very good learning experience that allowed me to demonstrate my opinion on a poem.
Se-Ann,
You did a great job in presenting your poem. I liked how you moved around the room and by using hand gestures. I could see that you read the poem in depth and had the proper emotions to express it. If you could give me some advice on how to present a poem, then that would be great!
-Nabila
Posted by: NabilaUddin at October 10, 2004 10:32 PMI can try and give you some points, but I am not an that good at it. Thanks though!
Posted by: Se-Ann Williams at October 11, 2004 12:08 AM