Drew

Hands Only 11/1 After watching my oral interpretation I find myself being disappointed. And I did poorly because of myself, I was unaware of the actual performance time, and because of this I had no practice. I had to take my chances and go for it even though I was very nervous and prone to mistakes. I had to jog my memory on the spot about screen printing, there were a lot more things I wanted to get across but was unable to. The areas that I did well on are looking around evenly and use in motions to try and keep my audience attached. Other then that I did fairly bad. I didn't know the time limit so I felt rushed and because of this my speech was sometimes out of order. To add to the negatives of my performance I had no conclusion. I also barely had an introduction. I ended abruptly, leaving my student peers hanging. Questioning themselves, "Is that it?" And the reason for me doing not up to my full potential is because of myself. Not paying attention and realizing that the performance was the next day. There are a lot of things that I can learn from on this performance. Prepare and be aware of the performance date. Try not to freak yourself out right before you go on. Hopefully in the next performances I can improve drastically, because I feel I performed around a low B or high C. This to me was a weak performance.

OI4 10/29 After reviewing my oral interpretation for the novel segment I feel I accomplished what I needed to accomplish in order to have a decent performance. The novel was //The Green Mile,// by Stephen King. My part was when John Coffey saves a woman's life, the warren's wife, by inhaling the poison out of her.

I memorized my introduction fairly well, better then I have done in the past. I never once looked at my manuscript, and I was able to get through it smoothly into my passage. I also looked around the class, trying not to stare in one area in particular. I also moved my body and my hands in motions and ways to help better understand what I was saying.

My voice and delivery we quite fast in speed, loud, but to fast in some area that needed to be slow. And because I didn't perform how I practiced, my performance was short. I didn't meet the time requirement which took a lot of points off.

I feel that this was one of my better interpretations that I have done. I feel that this is B material, nothing more and hopefully nothing less. There are somethings to learn from this to try and execute on the next. Like knowing my pace and how slow or fast I'm reading. Give more eye contact with more of the room, try not to focus on one person or group. Also not to let the other peoples reactions to facial expressions bother me. OI#3 10/18

I have reviewed my oral, and I figure that I have improved moderately. My poem, it was entitled Peace, composed by myself. The way I understood this poem is the concept of life with war and no peace. In this poem I talk about peace and its kindness. I also mention war as peace’s enemy. The areas that presented well were far better then the last performance. My posture was good, except for swaying from side to side. I also wanted to keep away from smiling when it was unnecessary, only a few times I found myself doing so. I also memorized my intro, in which I failed to do in the previous oral. The negatives of my performance are not as bad as my last. The problems didn’t snowball up, in fact they seem to appear then disappear. I had a few smiles but managed to remain in the state of the poem. My voice unlike the last was a little shaky, not as strong in the sound and volume. After my second oral interpretation this presentation was better and it showed my improvement. From here I can only try to improve and not go down, like my last. The errors that I have watched will help me dramatically in each performance that I do. I have learned to hide my mistakes far better then in the past. I took into consideration what I wrote in my last assessment. That if I mess up, only I know.

9-22-09 Self-Assessment OI#2 Poetry Out Loud

After numerous view ings of my oral poem interpretation I find that my presentation is just above average. My poem is Radio, by Laurel Blossom. The way I understood this poem is the concept of life with no radio. Throughout the poem she constantly reminds the readers that there is no radio. So my point to emphasize during my poem is the seriousness of life with no beat or music. The areas that I accomplished well on are very minimal. There are only a few things I can point out. To me I believe I did well in my posture, attempting to stray from the rocking in my step. Also my voice was loud enough to hear. I also had a few hand motions to help get my concept across. The negatives of my performance outweigh the positives, I think. I failed in memorizing my intro in which resulted in me pausing abruptly. Things were looking good until that moment, and from then on the problems snowballed up. Realizing I forgot my intro I pe e k at my manuscript and I can’t restrain myself from giggling. I begin to smile, throughout the poem when my poem is supposed to be serious. Due to my smile my poem came off as if it were a good thing to have no radio or music. But my theme or concept was to show that you are plain and lifeless without the music. So my performance had a different effect on the audience. After my first oral interpretation my next presentations are supposed to pass and be better. Looking back at my first and now the second, things a re dead even. Instead of excelling, I made no dent, and luckily stayed at the same level and hopefully didn’t go down. I’m hoping for a better performance the next time around. The things that I have learned from watching my presentation can hopefully help me with the next. I have learned to try and hide my mistakes. I’m the only individual who knows my speech. If I make a mistake, but don’t physically show it, most likely, nobody will notice. So up there I have to show no outside emotions, only the ones that consist of the issue I’m covering.

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