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TEAM TALK #1 |
INFORMAL PRESENTATION – Roundtable Panel Assignment: You’ll join a team to select, study, and present a talk about three poetic works of some substance (to be defined in class), a talk that is unified by a theme related to some aspect of PEACE: (1) a song, (2) a poem from Tidepools: Paradise (2005 edition), and (3) a poem from Barnet's Literature for Composition. The theme, and the representative song and poems, will go beyond egotistical concerns and reflect a voice that is socially conscious. This restriction eliminates the "poor me, I'm so lonely, please love me me me" songs, for example, because they reflect a limited or shallow consciousness. Your presentation of these poetic works will reflect an expanded awareness of the world in which we all live. The poetic works will make us think, will ask us to wake up from our comfort zones. See the Websites-in-Progress: Songs and Peace.
Preparation and Details: When your team is formed, you will choose or be assigned a leader. The team will split the tasks enumerated below (more than one task may be assigned to a team member, or more than one team member may be assigned to a task). You will communicate with one another outside of class to talk, and ideally meet, to prepare your presentation. The team leader prepares a short outline of your talk; makes 20 copies of this outline and the song lyrics; and distributes them before your presentation. During the day your team presents, stay together as a panel during your talk, and give each other your full attention, respect, and support throughout the process. Plan 30-40 minutes—to include the playing of the song—with individual team members taking an average of 5 minutes each for their presentation. Plan about 10-15 minutes for general discussion after your presentation. Here are the six topics:
SONG: First read the song as a poem, out loud, before beginning your presentation. Play the song (or video) before, during, or after the presentation.
(1) Introduce and briefly explain the theme expressed in the song—what it says about peace, as related to the other two works your team is exploring. Explicate the lines as they express this theme. Identify and analyze the musical qualities of the lyrics themselves, without the musical performance (rhymes, rhythm and meter, types and repetitions of sounds and other sound devices). Then, analyze the musical qualities of the vocals and instrumentals as they help to communicate the content of the lyrics. If it seems appropriate briefly discuss the writer and/or musicians who perform the song; and explain what this theme might mean for him/her/them personally.
(2) Identify and analyze the song’s technical and linguistic features, its style (e.g., imagery, metaphor and/or symbol, rhetorical devices, diction) as they help to convey the theme; explicate key lines. Provide some insight into this song from the perspective of history (cultural, social, political factors), race, gender, and/or class—factors that may have influenced this particular expression of the theme.
POEM from Tidepools: First read the poem out loud before your presentation.
(3) Introduce and briefly explain how this poem expresses an idea about peace that is related to the other two works your team is exploring. Explicate specific lines that best illustrate this theme. Identify and analyze the musical qualities of the poem (rhymes, rhythm and meter, types and repetitions of sounds and other sound devices). Convert the poem into a song (provide type of music, background music, possible singers/performers, etc.): extra points for performance.
(4) Identify and analyze this poem’s structure and style, including its technical and linguistic features (e.g., imagery, metaphor and/or symbol, rhetorical devices, diction) as they help to convey the theme; explicate key lines. Provide some insight into the poem from the perspective of history (cultural, social, political factors), race, gender, and/or class.
POEM from Barnet's Literature for Composition: First read the poem out loud before your presentation.
(5) Introduce and briefly explain how this poem expresses an idea about peace related to the other two works your team is exploring. Explicate specific lines that that best illustrate this theme. Identify and analyze the musical qualities of the poem (rhymes, rhythm and meter, types and repetitions of sounds and other sound devices); explicate key lines. Convert the poem into a song (provide type of music, background music, possible singers/performers, etc.): extra points for performance.
(6) Identify and analyze this poem’s structure and style, including its technical and linguistic features (e.g., imagery, metaphor and/or symbol, rhetorical devices, diction) as they help to convey the theme. Provide some insight into this poem from the perspective of history (cultural, social, political factors), race, gender, and/or class.
EVALUATION (30 points possible):
- As Presenter (20 points possible): 10 points for participating in and contributing to both the preparation for and presentation of your Team Talk. 10 more points for the quality and quantity of your individual contribution to the total team activity (e.g., what you did for your teammates, and with them, to prepare a good talk, what you did to prepare your own talk, your research and clear use of APEx in bringing in information from credible sources). You give your all to your team by engaging in planning and preparation with your teammates and by preparing and making a thoughtful presentation; you listen to your teammates attentively and respectfully during the team talk (you are not busy preparing your own). You prepare a thoughtful discussion question related to a topic from your part of the presentation. You complete a journal entry reporting on and evaluating team-talk participation and contributions (your own, your team mates', other teams).
- As Audience Participant (10 points possible). As an important member of the audience for your classmates' team talks, you come to class before the class begins. During your classmates' talks, you listen attentively and respectfully. You take notes to help you remember important and interesting points. You ask questions and participate in the discussion after the team talk. You write with high quality to provide substantive and helpful feedback to the two other teams.
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