Something is going to happen
Subtitle: poetry performance for the classroom : a teacher's companion book
By: Allan Wolf ; with assistance of Jim Nave
Publisher: Poetry Alive! Publications
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Asheville (N.C.)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Poetry; Study and teaching (Elementary); Oral interpretation of poetry
Other titles: Poetry performance for the classroom.; Poetry alive.
Notes: Poetry alive--. Cover.

Includes glossary.
Table of contents: title: Basics of poetry performance: Chapter 1: Poetry performance method; title: What is poetry performance?; title: Theory behind poetry performance; title: Chapter 2: General directorial and theatrical information; title: Communication; title: Student position on stage; title: Taking charge of the stage; title: Be big: Movement and voice on stage; title: Chapter 3: Memorization; title: Chapter 4: Presentation management and logistics; title: Time; title: Space; title: Lighting; title: Props; title: Costumes; title: Chapter 5: Teaching poetry presentation; title: Poem introductions; title: Three introduction variations; title: Four stages of performance; title: Preparation: List for students; title: Five steps of poem presentation; title: Chapter 6: Planning the poetry performance unit; title: Introducing the poetry performance unit; title: Establishing performance teams; title: Ideal performance team size; title: Twelve phases of the poetry; title: Performance unit: List for teachers; title: Sample syllabi; title: Bringing the poem performance unit to a close; title: Chapter 7: Working with, and evaluating, student performers; title: Hey Teacher! Leave those kids alone!; title: Community building; title: Coping with the shy student; title: Grading and poem performance; title: Student poetry performance contract; title: Chapter 8: Further explorations; title: Put on an in-school assembly or evening poetry show; title: Script and perform poems not found in this book; title: Scripted poems: Blind men and the elephant; title: On the grasshopper and the cricket; title: Jabberwocky; title: Sympathy; title: We real cool; title: Dawn; title: I hear America singing; title: Eldorado; title: Eagle; title: I'm nobody; title: A bird came down the walk; title: Fog; title: Glove and the lions; title: Casey at the bat; title: Word is dead; title: Director's notes: Blind men and the elephant; title: On the grasshopper and the cricket; title: Jabberwocky; title: Sympathy; title: We real cool; title: Dawn; title: I hear America singing; title: Eldorado; title: Eagle; title: I'm nobody; title: Bird came down the walk; title: Fog; title: Glove and the lions; title: Casey at the bat; title: Word is dead; title: Additional discussion: Activities and learning ideas: Blind men and the elephant; title: On the grasshopper and the cricket; title: Jabberwocky; title: Sympathy; title: We real cool; title: Dawn; title: I hear America singing; title: Eldorado; title: Eagle; title: I'm nobody; title: Bird came down the walk; title: Fog; title: Glove and the lions; title: Casey at the bat; title: Word is dead; title: Index of learning possibilities for each poem; title: Unscripted poems: Blind men and the elephant; title: On the grasshopper and the cricket; title: Jabberwocky; title: Sympathy; title: We real cool; title: Dawn; title: I hear America singing; title: Eagle; title: Eldorado; title: Word is dead; title: I'm nobody; title: Bird came down the walk; title: Fog; title: Glove and the lions; title: Casey at the bat.