Oral
Training II Spring 2003
Audio-Visual
Building 201
Tuesdays 10:10am-12 noon
Instructor:
Karen S. Chung
There
will be 17 classes this semester.
Routine
work: You will recite and learn a poem, mark your listening assignment, and
receive the new listening assignment every class during first hour; these are
not listed separately below. Note that this syllabus is subject to change.
Click
here for the Poems for Memorization
handout for Spring 2003.
Click
here for the About Poetry: English
Prosody Plus Selected Literary Terms handout. (Refer to this for
definitions of terms like iambic, doggerel, and synaesthesia.)
Please
visit the class
discussion board often.
We wrote these ourselves! Original
poems by the Spring 2003 Oral Training II class
February 18: Marked
Ray Charles. Hand in outline of play idea.
Listening assignment: MPR
Indian Radio; Kramer vs. Kramer transcription.
Prepare: Poem: the war is on the kitchen
table. Oral book report; begin work on NTU News
February
25:
Practiced 'The rain in Spain...'. Oral book reports: Jack, Salina, Lynn, Wesley.
Listening assignment: BBC:
Pinter and Wesker on the US-Iraq situation
Prepare:
Poem: Epitaph for a Darling Lady. Oral book report.
March
4: Oral
book reports: Jack, Grace, Doreen, Alicia, Stella, Lillian.
Listening
assignment: Profiles
with Tara: Abusive men: part I
Prepare: Poem: The Kiss. Oral book report.
Kramer vs. Kramer. Hand in tape for poetry reading.
March
11: Oral book reports:
May, Cindy, Mae. Chose plays: (1) Death
of a Cat. Writer: Lynn. Actors: May, Wesley, Grace, Stella, Sam. (2) Death
sentence substitute. Writer: Sue. Actors: Alicia, Sue, Evelyn, Melissa, Cindy.
(3) Forgiveness. Actors: Jack, Eileen, Doreen, Lillian, Salina. (4) Santa
Claus. Writer: Stella. Actors: Victor, Jeremy, Mae, Lynn, Louis.
Listening
Assignment: Profiles
with Tara: Abusive men: part II
Prepare: Poem: Who Goes Home? Oral book report;
Kramer vs. Kramer; NTU News. Play scripts.
March
18: Oral book reports: Mae, Sam, Victor,
Louis, Melissa.
Listening assignment:
Gunsmoke: The Liar
from Blackhawk (I)
Prepare:
Poem: The Fish. NTU News. Kramer vs. Kramer. Play scripts.
March
25:
Finish oral book reports: Jeremy, Evelyn, Sue, Eileen. Discussion of assignment.
Listening assignment: Gunsmoke:
The Liar from Blackhawk (II)
Prepare:
Poem: Sonnet CXLIII. NTU News. Poems for poetry reading. Kramer vs. Kramer.
Play scripts.
April
1: Hand in play scripts. Discussed Gunsmoke
assignment.
Listening assignment: NationalGeographic.com:
City of the Dead
Prepare: Poem:
The Wicked Fairy at the Manger. NTU News. Poems for poetry reading. Kramer vs.
Kramer. 60-second television commercial.
April
8: Kramer vs. Kramer. Hand
in outline of 60-second television commercial.
Listening
assignment: National Public Radio: Orang
Metropolis Uncovered
Prepare:
Poem: Vignette. Poetry reading. Kramer vs. Kramer. Revise play scripts. Class
debate. TV commercial.
April
15:
Kramer vs. Kramer performances. NTU News. Hand in revised play scripts.
Listening
assignment: Voice
of America Webcast: Foreign language teaching in the U.S. and Yao Ming
Prepare: Poem: Street Moths. Poetry reading.
Class debate. Suggested
format. Practice play. TV commercial.
April
22:
NTU News. 60-second commercial scripts.
Listening
assignment: Minnesota Public Radio:
Inspiring boys to read
Prepare: Poem:
Ashes of Life. Class debate. Practice play. TV commercial.
April
29: Last Kramer vs. Kramer
performance; NTU News; Poetry reading.
Listening
assignment: Minnesota Public Radio: Life after
prison
Prepare:
Poem: Elect. Debate. TV commercial. Play performance.
May
6: Finish NTU News;
class debate.
Listening assignment: Dragnet:
The Big Escape (I)
Prepare:
Poem: In the Night We Shall Go In. Play performance.
May
13: Class debate.
Listening assignment: Dragnet:
The Big Escape (II)
Prepare: Poem:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 60-second television commercial; play performance.
May 20:
Class debate.
Listening assignment: Minnesota
Public Radio: Garbage glaciers
Prepare:
Poem: somewhere i have never travelled. 60-second commercial. Play performance.
May
27: Finish
last debate; discussion.
Listening assignment:
ABC NSW: Cockroaches – friend or foe?
Prepare: Poem: XIV. 60-second commercial, play
performance.
June
3: 60-second comercial; discussion.
Listening
assignment: Minnesota
Public Radio: Weight loss surgery: the last resort?
Prepare: Poem: A Man and a Woman Sit Near
Each Other. Pronunciation summary: past, present, and future. Play performance.
June
10: First play performance. Hand
in pronunciation summary. Discussion of assignments.
June
17: Final
play performance; counts heavily toward final grade.