Spoon River Poem & Character Monologue Poem draft

Please prepare and rehearse your Spoon River poems during 3rd period.

Tips:

--Examine and read your poem carefully. Make sure you know and understand the poem. Look up unknown words in the dictionary.
--Bold or underline words or important phrases that you want to stress. Mark these on your script.
--Find the transitions from one part of the poem to another (just like a paragraph in prose). When you find this break mark your script with a double slash mark (//) to indicate a new idea. This is usually where tone changes, so make sure you note where this occurs on your script.
Use a slash mark (/) to indicate pauses or a good place to take a breath.
In the margins, indicate the tone of the speaker. Does the tone change?
Ask yourself: what does sadness, anger, or happiness sound like? What does self-satisfaction, boredom, or surprise sound like? Try to match your tone of voice with the attitude and voice of the character.
--What does your character look like physically? Give your character a pysicality--a physical gesture or facial expression. How does your character stand or hold his body? Does she stoop, or cringe, or wring her hands? Choose physical positions and gestures that help an audience understand what the character is feeling or trying to communicate.

Rehearse your poem when you have scored or marked it. You will need to turn in your poem draft at the end of class today and it should be marked up appropriately to show decisions regarding the above information. Starting next class, we will begin performing these poems in front of the class. Please rehearse and prepare.

During 4th period, please take the character you created a week or so ago during class (the one you put in your journal). Write a poem in the style of Spoon River (a character monologue poem) from the POV of your character. Your title should be the character's name. The poem should be in first person POV.