Project and Weekend Work

Hey all!  You have a 3 day weekend this week, but that doesn't mean you're off the hook for your project work!  Here are your goals for this weekend, broken down by the types of projects.  This is what you should have DONE when you walk into class on Tuesday!

Spoken Word

• Poem is finished and finalized (including checks on capitalization and punctuation
• 1/2 of your poem is memorized (this could be a little less if your poem is longer than 2 pages)
• You have a copy of your poem that is annotated with performance notes, including, but not limited to:
• Volume changes
• Pauses
• Places for gestures
• Speed changes
• Intensity changes

Visual Art Pieces + Recitation

• Poem is finished and finalized (including checks on capitalization and punctuation
• About 1/2 of your poem is memorized
• You have ALL necessary materials for your art project ready to use in class on Monday
• Your painting/sculpture/art concept is in a fairly final form that you are happy with

Video, Kinetic Text, Stop Motion, other Techy Projects

• Poem is finished and finalized (including checks on capitalization and punctuation
• You have a high quality audio recording of you reciting your poem done on Audacity, or another sound editing program
• You have a storyboard/other type of plan done for the sequence of images you are going to use
• KINETIC TEXT ONLY...You have annotated a copy of your poem by underlining all the action words (look for verbs!), and making notes about how you could animate the text to mirror the meaning of the word

Have a great weekend!