Oral
Training II Spring 2002
Please see the Fall 2001 syllabus
for basic information about this class.
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YOUR OWN ORIGINAL
POEMS!!!
Spring
2002 Poetry for memorization and prose for reading aloud handout
Winter
break assignments: (1)
write outline of play; (2) choose one English/American poem, one Chinese poem
to translate, and write one poem yourself; (3) read and prepare review on novel;
(4) pronunciation summary: past, present, and future; (5) Listening assignment:
BBC Interview with Ray Charles
Listening assignment for 2/26-3/5: A
Moment of Science
Poetry:
Ding, dong bell and the English translation of Ladybug for recitation;
read up on Mother Goose; prepare biographical information on James
Joyce and vocabulary for his poem, On the Beach At Fontana.
Listening assignment for 3/5-3/12: Newjack:
Guarding Sing Sing (I of II)
Poetry: On the Beach
At Fontana by James Joyce; prepare Learning by Judith Viorst.
Play
outlines now available. Please read
over carefully, print out if necessary, and choose
FIVE to vote for
on Tuesday.
Listening assignment for 3/12-3/19:
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing (II
of II)
Poetry: Learning
by Judith Viorst; prepare Sheep in Fog by Sylvia Plath.
Listening assignment for 3/19-3/26:
National
Public Radio Morning Edition: Recycling Computers
Poetry: Sheep in Fog by Sylvia
Plath; prepare To a Friend by Amy Lowell.
Listening
assignment for 3/26-4/9: The
Joy of Baking: Making Scones, with Stephani Jaworski (RealPlayer
Video)
Poetry: To a Friend by Amy Lowell.;
prepare Lullaby by Eve Merriam.
Listening
assignment for 4/9-4/16:
BBC
Update on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,
Thursday April 4, 2002
Poetry:
Lullaby by
Eve Merriam; prepare
Sonnet 76 by
William Shakespeare.
Listening
assignment for 4/16-23:
Popular Song: Laurie
Poetry: Sonnet 76 by
William
Shakespeare; prepare
The Cutting Edge by
Frances FitzGerald.
Listening
assignment for 4/23-30:
The Sound of Your Voice
by Carol Fleming.
Prose reading: The Cutting Edge
by
Frances FitzGerald; prepare
Gazing
at the Sacred Peak by
Tu Fu;
find the original Chinese.
Listening
assignment for 4/30-5/6:
Alice's Restaurant
by
Arlo Guthrie
Poetry: Gazing at the Sacred Peak
by Tu
Fu;
prepare
Pine Tree Tops
by Gary
Snyder
Listening assignment for 5/6-5/13: Gunsmoke
(I)
Poetry: Pine Tree Tops by
Gary Snyder; prepare
Since There's No Help, Come Let Us Kiss and Part by
Michael Drayton
Listening
assignment for 5/13-5/20:
Gunsmoke
(II)
Poetry: Since There's No Help, Come Let Us Kiss
and Part
by
Michael Drayton; prepare
Three Days
by James
R. Gilmore
Listening
assignment for 5/20-27:
The Angel
Poetry: Three Days by
James
R. Gilmore; prepare
Plea
for a Captive by
William
Stanley Merwin
Listening
assignment for 5/27-6/4:
Elder
Rage (I)
Poetry:
Plea for a Captive by
William Stanley Merwin;
prepare quotes
from: Franz Kafka and
Henry Van Dyke
Listening
assignment for 6/4-6/11:
Elder
Rage (II)
Poetry:
Quotes from: Franz Kafka and
Henry Van Dyke; prepare
In
Honor of David Anderson Brooks, My Father by Gwendolyn Brooks