My Poem

Curricular Competency Reflection

Picking my poem was definitely the hardest part for me. Our criteria was to choose a poem off this website that was at least 25 lines long. Some were too long, others were too short and I did not know what type of poem I wanted. Ms. Olchowy was egging me on to pick as I was one of the last to choose. I fell across this poem and didn’t want to look more so I settled on my poem. Reciting my poem with a partner was the most beneficial to me in order to memorize my poem. Continuously going back and forth re-reading and presenting each others poems to help us feel connected to our poems. Another strategy I used was I found my poem online and downloaded it so I could listen when I was bored or felt like practicing. Doing our paragraph write helped me learn more about what my poem was about because I did not understand every word used in my poem. I was able to memorize my lines a little easier because I now knew the context behind the words and their meanings.

Core Competency Reflection

Some skills I have developed to make my creative activities better are practicing reciting in front of peers and people I don’t really engage with everyday helped speaking in front of the class be a little easier and less stressful. Helped me be more confident going up and feel good about my self and my poem.

I appreciate feedback of my speaking and my emotions used when reciting my poem and prefer it comes in the form of in person feedback through my peers as they know exactly what I need to improve on and I can trust them to give me an honest word on what I need to work on.

I can contribute to and work with criteria to improve my own work; evidence of that is the constant practice with reading our poems aloud to improve the public speaking aspect. It also helped with the mood changes with each sentence figuring out the best way to recite each line.