Performing our poems about place and home
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can perform my poem with confidence and use different performance techniques to convey emotion.
Key learning points
- Connecting with the audience when reading our poems can make our story more powerful.
- We can use our body language, posture and eye contact to convey certain emotions.
- We can vary the pitch and pace of our voice to convey different emotions and influence the tone of our poem.
- You can trick yourself into feeling more confident about a performance through deep breathing and smiling.
Keywords
Pitch - pitch refers to the relative highness and lowness of voice when speaking
Pace - when delivering a monologue, pace refers to the speed at which you are saying the words
Tone - tone refers to the general mood or feeling
Body language - body language is the movements or positions of your body that show other people how you are feeling
Common misconception
As long as the content of a poem is good, the performance will automatically be good.
Performance requires practise in a unique set of skills which are worth practising as a good performance can enhance the poem content.
Teacher tip
Model how you would perform a poem to students to show them what a good performance looks like and ease their nerves. You may also want to decide whether students will perform to the whole class or in small groups for Learning Cycle 3.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Poems are written to be ...
Q2.What is a performance?
Q3.What does it mean to project your voice?
Q4.What does a full stop in a poem indicate?
Q5.A fast pace in a poem can convey a sense of ...
Q6.Which is true of eye contact when performing to an audience?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What shows confidence when performing?
Q2.What is pace?
Q3.What is pitch?
Q4.What effect might speaking in a high pitch have?
Q5.Which of these techniques can help you feel more confidence when getting ready to perform?
Q6.Why is it important to vary tone when performing a poem?
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