After our quiz, please begin to MEMORIZE your monologue poem. You will perform your poem for the class (from memory) starting Friday. Use the time in the lab to memorize your poem. Practice it enough between now and Friday that you are ready to perform it!
To help you:
Tips for memorization:
To help you:
Tips for memorization:
- Chunk it! Break your poem into sensible pieces (phrases, or sentences, for example, or stanzas).
- Repetition works! Go over the poem again and again and again and again. You WILL need to rehearse your poem in order to memorize it!
- Writing things down by hand helps memorize something--that's why teachers ask you to take notes! You might want to copy your poem down on index cards by hand to speed up this process.
- Get it into your body! Repeating the same gesture or moving in the same way while saying something will help you remember it. Use your body. It's harder to memorize something if you are not moving.
- If you are having trouble with a line or two, give it a specific gesture--or sing it! Singing something with the same tune can help you remember!
- Visualize! Try to picture what you are saying or trying to memorize.
- Create associations! Stories and connected ideas are easier to remember!
- Relax! Take a break after you have memorized part or all of the section you are memorizing!
- For other tips or advice check this site! or this one! or this one! (these are good for learning stuff too!)
If you need a short break, write in your journal. I can't keep you from talking to each other about unrelated material or topics, but I suggest you use the given time to memorize. You will be graded on how accurate and well performed your monologue poem is for this assignment.
HOMEWORK: Memorize your poem!
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