2015 MacLane Poetry Guidelines and Timeline

MacLane Poetry Recitation Guidelines & Timeline

14 lines minimum 2 minutes maximum approved by English teacher, to judge for literary value each student in the Middle School has a different poem Once approved: Email your selection to Ms. Ridinger: willa.ridinger@thecountryschool.org Hand in hard copy of your poem to your English teacher no songs no retired poems no poems that were in the prior year’s finals; this list has been shared with you. Students may not recite his/her same poem from one year to the next Classroom component Time allotted to peruse poetry anthologies Assignment given in conjunction with the recitation Each student will recite for his/her teacher  prior to the recitation.In grades 6, 7 & 8, this will be a graded assignment on Thursday, January 30 and Friday, January 31. Students will review the skills of recitation Classroom time will be blocked out to prepare for poetry Judging criteria shared with students Each grade will have a project to complete.  Details to follow. Judging For semi-finals, judges come from within the school Finalist judges are not from faculty Dress Code Students and teachers should be dressed up for the preliminary and final events – teachers and grades for their own recitation, all dressed for finals Dressed up looks like: For girls – dresses or skirts within dress code length, dress pants, shoes, but no overly HIGH heels or rain boots!   For boys – blazers, ties, dress shirts, nice pants, shoes - not sneakers

Friday, 1/9/2015: Last day for choosing a poem. As soon as a student selects a poem, his or her English teacher must approve it. Then the student must email the poem choice to Ms. Ridinger to reserve the selection. If a student waits until Jan 16, that child must come to school with 3 (THREE) choices, in case someone else has chosen the same poem first.  We will use the date and time stamp from your email as a determining factor. Students must hand in a TYPED copy of their poems. Monday, January 26 Your poem must be memorized by this date. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders will be graded on  memorization and presentation. Tuesday, 2/3 Dress-up day for All Middle School Fifth and sixth grade poetry recitation from 8:30 - 10. Students will pick numbers to determine their order. Wednesday, 2/4 Dress-up day for All Middle School 7th and 8th grade poetry recitation from 8:30- 10. Students will pick numbers to determine their order. Friday, 2/13 Dress-up day for All Middle School Poetry Recitation Finals