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=__ Poetry Out Loud #2 __=

In this report, I plan to give a self assessment for my poem I recited. This poem is called //Scary Movies// and is written by Kim Addie. After watching my video, I found out some negatives that I can improve on and some positives that I can remember on my next oral interpretation. In the second and third paragraph, I’ll start off by giving the positives and then the negatives. In the fourth paragraph, I’ll explain the reason why I chose it and I’ll also explain if this poem was the right choice for me. Lastly, for the fifth paragraph, I’ll critique on my performance and the details that I should progress on From watching my oral interpretation yesterday, I felt like I had volume and enunciation. I tried to put emphasis on the really dramatic parts and I try to slow down on the parts that contained a scary feeling. In my perspective, I thought I enunciated the words correctly. I feel that I could’ve put more feeling into my poem, meaning I could use hand gestures, movements, and more emphasis. I also thought I could’ve used more eye contact. It’s funny how I forget my lines when I perform in front of the class, but when I practice at home in front of the mirror, I remember every line. I guess I’m not used to saying something in front of a class. Honestly, I chose this poem out of random. When I browsed through the poems on Poetry Out Loud, I saw this poem called //Scary Movies//. This poem relates to me because I also had the same situation of watching a scary movie with my friends and then it scarred me, just like Kim Addie. I also thought this poem would be easy to recite because there’s a lot of feelings and emotions. I believe that I basically did the same as the first oral interpretation. I didn’t really gain much but I didn’t lose much either. I think the part that hurt me the most is the eye contact. I didn’t forget to use eye contact, but I just blanked out when I went up to present my speech. I think I should actually present my speech in front of a small crowd so I can get used to the environment. Overall, I think I did a mediocre job, not the best but not the worst. I know I have to work on my speech some more and I’ll try to remember my introduction next time. 10/17/09 Self Assessment #3

In my third self assessment, I plan to explain all my negatives and positives during my speech. I also plan to explain how I can present a better speech than my third one. I think this wasn’t my best speech, but I gained a lot of confidence which made me feel more comfortable presenting a speech in my English class. After watching my third speech, I thought I had a strong voice and correct pronunciation. I believed that I enunciated well and I had an average poise. In some parts, I swayed from side to side, but in other parts, I stood with a good posture and I looked confident. I think I needed help on nonverbal expressions. My poem was difficult to interpret hand motions because it was basically about ice cream, and I believe that you can’t make motions about ice cream. Next time, I’ll try to choose or create a poem that involves nonverbal and verbal expressions. The selection I chose was called //The World’s Best Dessert//. I chose to create this poem because I was craving for ice cream one day so I just decided to write a poem about ice cream. I think this poem wasn’t a good choice, because oral interpretations are supposed to contain nonverbal and verbal expressions, and in my piece, I couldn’t involve nonverbal expressions. My poem was supposed to be filled with jolly happiness. I think I presented well, but I also think I could’ve put for excitement in my performance. My poem was significant to be because that’s my favorite food in the whole wide world, and it was an honor to show that. I gained a lot of confidence from the first oral interpretation I did. I learned how to be a fluent speaker in front of crowds, and these orals boosted my self-esteem. I obstacles I overcame was actually writing the poem. I know ice cream is kind of easy to write a poem on, but to me it wasn’t. I didn’t know what to say about it. I think I deserved in the “B” range. I know I could’ve done better, but I think it’s just the crowd that overwhelms me. I’m glad I remembered my introduction in this performance, and that was basically what my focus was on so I wasn’t paying much on my expressions.

OI#4 10/26/09 This was my fourth oral interpretation for the first quarter. I think I did fairly decent on this oral. I think I could’ve done better but this was the best I could do. I think I just get nervous inside and I start to forget my introduction. I usually get like this before big and important tests. The one thing I was happy about my oral was my stands. I usually shuffle from side to side or I sway my feet but this time I remembered to not do that. When I was watching my oral interpretation, I saw that I had a strong stands, a loud volume, enunciation, and some non vocal and vocal expressions. Sometimes I get nervous in front of crowds and I start to stutter or speak faster than usual. I can’t help it but when I was watching back at my video, I found out that my speech was shorter than usual. When I was practicing at home, it was four minutes long but in the oral, it was around 3:30. I considered choosing the selection I chose because it was an important part of the scenario of my book. It was also easy to act because there were lots of dialogue and moments for me to do hand motions. Also, there were some parts that I could have different vocal expressions. I learned through this performance is to never get nervous. I always get nervous in front of big crowds and then I start to forget things like my introduction. I just need to get into the habit of not getting so nervous. I feel that this performance helped me a lot because it taught me how to face humiliation in front of crowds. I gained a lot of self confidence in my self. Before entering into this school, I was really shy and I wasn’t the girl who would stand in front of crowds and present a speech. I would always be the girl in the crowd listening, but after doing four speeches, I think I can be that girl presenting speeches without having butterflies. I believe that this was my best speech ever. The previous speeches became better and better and I improved a lot in my performances. I became more relaxed instead of being stiff, but the most important thing was that I gained so much confidence in myself.

=__ Chapel Speech __= During my last speech, I think I did a mediocre job like always. When I’m practicing in front of a mirror or by myself, I’m really good, but when I perform in front of a crowd, I start to get nervous and I forget my lines, especially for this speech when we didn’t have a manuscript. After watching my performance, I realized my speech was too short and I started to stutter, but not during the entire speech. Using the microphone helped me a lot because I had a strong volume, which I usually don’t have. Also, my stand was strong because I had the podium to lean on and help me to stand straight. In my speech, I think I did well in the eye contact category because there was nothing else to look at and the only thing was the crowd. I liked this speech because it made me focus on my negatives like eye contact, volume, memorization, and stands. I think I need to critique my memorization and falling in the right time period. When I stood up on the podium and looked at the class, my heart was racing fast, I had sweaty palms, and I couldn’t stop fidgeting. I tried to calm myself down but I couldn’t. For the first two seconds, I had a brain fart and I just completely forgot my introduction. I think to improve this; I should practice at home in front of a live crowd like my family or my friends. The selection I chose was the only thing I could really elaborate my speech on. I was going to talk about my aunty that passed away, but I didn’t really know her that well, and I didn’t know what to talk about. Writing on the topic I chose had a bigger impact on me because I actually thought of the situation and I was amazed how I overcame it. From my performance, I think I deserve a “B-” because I didn’t do the best I could. I don’t know what happened to me up there, but my lesson is to always practice because I didn’t practice as much as I should’ve so I deserve whatever grade I get.

For the recent oral interpretation, I felt like I wasn’t ready. I know I had much more time than the other classmates, but I don’t know what happened during the speech. I just forgot what to say, especially my introduction. In this assessment, I will talk about my positives and negatives, things I need to work on, and what grade I deserve. I feel like I should take more time on my speeches.

On the bright side, I had a nice volume and rate, but on the other hand, I had a bad stand and vocal expressions. I could hear my voice clearly and understandable but I shifted from side to side and moving my right foot. I also stuttered because when I saw all the contact on me, I got nervous. To boost my self esteem, I should present my speech to a live audience.

I think I need to worry most about my stands and stuttering because you can tell that I was nervous. I think practicing and rehearsing in front of my friends or family would get me used to the environment and eye contact. I’m just used to having a slouchy stand and for some reason I can’t just say in one place with my feet planted. When I’m having a conversation with people, I will try my hardest to have a nice posture and my feet flat on the ground.

I chose the topic food because that’s something important to me. After hearing all the starvation and famine in other countries, I’m just glad that my parents provide me food everyday. Food is important to me because it’s been with me through my whole life and for some odd reason, it helps me go through stress. In my eyes, I believe that the grade I should get should be a “C+.” I know I could do so much better than yesterday. But that’s just the way it came out. I’ll look forward to the next speech because I want to do a much better job than what I did and I’m confident that I could do so.
 * //__What makes me, me?__//**

impromptu speech This was the first impromptu speech I have ever done in my life. Not knowing about the topic and preparing in two minutes, I think I did an okay job. I was really nervous before my speech because I didn’t know what my topic was and the people that went before me, I thought they had hard topics but I was lucky because my topic was pretty easy to talk about. As I watched over my performance, I saw that I had a casual stands, not the one you need in a real, formal speech, I played with my note card, and I stuttered sometimes. I didn’t really notice I had a casual stands until I reviewed my speech. I can’t really tell when I’m up giving my speech that I have a sloppy stands. Because I was so nervous, I started fiddling with my note card and I was looking at my note card the most because I didn’t know what I should say next. I stuttered between moments because I was so nervous and I didn’t feel my speech was prepared because two minutes is really short for a two minute speech. Even though my topic was really easy to talk about something, I didn’t feel I had an awesome speech. I didn’t know what to say next so I basically made up my speech from the beginning to the end. I knew if I put less pressure on myself, I would’ve done a better job and I think I wouldn’t be less nervous. I felt I could’ve done a better job but I guess I’m satisfied with my performance because everyone basically did the same job as me but some were worse.

It was funny how I watched all the performances because everyone had the same flaws as me and I could see how nervous everyone was so I wasn’t too hard on myself after my performance.

Overall, I think I deserve a B- for this performance because of all the negatives I had. I tried to talk smoothly but watching my performance, it sounded sloppy. I was glad I deserved a 19/20 because right after the speech, I thought I should deserve a B- but I think I got a 19 because of the effort I put in.

Self Assessment for Partner Speech Kristen Poei 3-14-10

In this assessment, I plan to talk about my positives and negatives throughout my speech. I am also going to critique my speech and talk about what I need to work on and the reason why Crista and I chose the topic Gangs. After watching my speech, what caught my eye was my stands and poise. I didn’t see one time that I was slouching, shuffling my feet, or leaning on one side. I saw that both my feet were planted onto the ground like glue was stuck between my shoes and the ground. I was so glad that our speech fell into the time limit because that’s usually my big issue. When I practice at home, usually my speeches fall into the time limit but when I present it to the class, I start to talk faster which makes me fall short. I need to incorporate hand motions and vocal expressions in my speeches. I guess I’m not used to doing hand motions during a speech, but that’s what I need to work on especially. Crista and I chose the topic, Gangs, because we thought it would be interesting and that there was going to be a lot of information on that topic. The only part that was hard to find was gangs during the Elizabethan Era because there are not many resources that talk about it. During our research, we found out about stories that involve gang members dying at a young age. We also didn’t know that there are so many different regions in America that have gangs and how dangerous they are to mankind. I’ve learned in this speech that working hard will lead to a success. This speech made me want to work really hard on speeches because that will lead to a good grade. I felt like having a partner for a speech meant I couldn’t let them down so I worked extra hard to have my part memorized and all the information ready. I was so pressured out to do well on this speech because I had a partner. During the conclusion, I blanked out because the only thing that ran through my mind was to not forget your lines and sure enough I did. When I was practicing outside for my speech, I knew all my parts but I guess I was so pressured out that I forgot. I think I deserve something in the “B” range for my effort. I think this is my best ever speech until the conclusion. If I didn’t blank out during that part then I could’ve gotten a higher grade.