Poetry Out Loud

 Part One:                                                
1. Snowflake
2. Not Waving But Drowning
3. Dog
4. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening & Nude Descending A Staircase
Part Two:
I enjoyed Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening because its a catchy poem and an easy one to memorize.  I didn't like Nude Descending A Staircase because I thought it was creepy and disturbing that an old man wrote it and it was just weird.  I would like to continue studying Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening because I think it may have more meaning to it than it appears.  I connected with this poem because I've been lost in the woods before when It's snowy and I remember being very cold.
Part Three:
I think I will do well on accuracy and voice and articulation because I can talk loud enough and my memory is good enough where I'll be able to pronounce the words correctly.  I don't think I'll do so well on physical presence and dramatic appropriateness because I'm not very good at physically showing that I know the poem and I'm not very dramatic at saying things because I'm not a very dramatic person.
Part Four:
I watched Stanley Andrew Jackson for my first video and he did an excellent job of dramatically portraying his knowledge of the poem.  For my second video I chose Shawntay A. Henry did a great job of articulating and physically showing her knowledge of the poem.
Part Five:
I think Poetry Out Loud is a great idea for kids to memorize poems for an educational/competition like purpose.  I think the competition will be a little scary at first, but once you get up there, you'll do better than you thought.  I think I'll do okay.  I'm going to memorize Dog, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, because it'll be a challenge to memorize and I need a challenge.  I thought the website was very neat.
Thanks for reading,
Sean :)