Artists from Poetry Out Loud visit
On Tuesday, January 17th, Poetry Out Loud visiting artists Gina Stevensen and Quinn Rol from the Flynn Center visited a number of English classes in grades 9 through 12. Quinn and Gina led students through warm-up exercises and demonstrated "dos and don'ts" for presenting their self-selected poems.
All students in these classes will be presenting their poems to their peers, and some plan to move on to a school-wide Poetry Out Loud competition in February. Several brave students stood before their peers on January 17th to begin practicing their recitations.
We learned about the value of connecting with an audience through poetry recited "by heart" and/pr by readings delivered with poise, clear articulation, dramatic appropriateness, accuracy, and evidence of understanding.
