A video of educational interest

Orals

It is important that your commentary be continuous: do not stop the recording to doll it up. Keep the recorder going the whole time, keep looking at the poem, and keep talking about it.

 

Send me the file. Listen to your own oral and assess yourself.

 

After that, you are clear to delete the file from your phone.

Tuesday

Today we discussed and annotated "Love's Alchemy." Students then annotated "Song" and will perform an oral commentary on it Thursday.

Thursday Deadline Alert!

We can discuss the final explication due date when I have returned the second drafts! They obviously will not be due on the 23/24.

Tuesday

Today we read and studied “Holy Sonnet X” and worked on the imaginaterpretive thing, which is due for B-day tomorrow and for  A-day Thursday and B-day Friday.

Thursday

Today we studied "Holy Sonnet XIV" and worked on either explications (due 15/16) or imaginative interpretations (due 19/20).

Tuesday

I hereby submit for your perusal a draft rubric for the Imaginative Interpretation. No comment means it becomes the official scorecard. If the one requirement -- that the poem be clearly apparent either visually or aurally during the interpretation -- is lacking, you just have to apply for a do-over.

Scoring guide for Imaginative Interpretation

Time: 3-6 minutes	Over/under 30 secs	Over/under 1:00	Over/under 1:30	Over/under 2:00
20	15	10	5	0
Clear, precise, internalized understanding apparent	Good understanding of the poem apparent	Basic understanding apparent	Gaps and inconsistencies in understanding apparent	No or very little grasp of the poem’s literal meaning apparent
40	35	30	25	20
Extremely creative, brilliant illumination of poem; it creates a new insight or movingly makes personal use of it	Creative adaptations that provoke alternative  understandings	Some creative adaptations to provide some interpretation of the poem; somewhat insightful	Attempt at creative adaptation that may not lead to new understandings; flat interpretation	Standard, get ‘er done attempt to illustrate the poem; no new insights
40	35	30	25	20
Awesomeness bonus meter
5	4	3	2	1

Monday

Grades are current in the gradebook.

 

Please bring in any supplies necessary to work on your imaginaterpretive thing. A-day set a high standard with their recitations!

Wednesday

Please be sure to bring whatever materials (laptops, cameras, whatever) that you will need to prepare for your assignments in case we have a little class time we can set aside for that.