Coffee House Response!
Congratulations, Freshmen!
You have successfully completed a public performance. I hope you enjoyed the coffee house and will participate in future ones.
Part of our goal this year is for you to get to know your strengths and weaknesses by completing a myriad of assignments, projects, and performances. Self reflection is an important component to learning. As such, please write a comment on:
How you felt you did last night as a performance. If you had to do it over again, what would you do differently? What did you learn about public speaking by performing your writing last night? What surprised you about the performance? Who's performance did you particularly enjoy? Did you notice anything different between the Freshman performances and the other Creative Writing performances? What did your parents say or think about the performance?
You have successfully completed a public performance. I hope you enjoyed the coffee house and will participate in future ones.
Part of our goal this year is for you to get to know your strengths and weaknesses by completing a myriad of assignments, projects, and performances. Self reflection is an important component to learning. As such, please write a comment on:
How you felt you did last night as a performance. If you had to do it over again, what would you do differently? What did you learn about public speaking by performing your writing last night? What surprised you about the performance? Who's performance did you particularly enjoy? Did you notice anything different between the Freshman performances and the other Creative Writing performances? What did your parents say or think about the performance?
Congratulations again!
I didn't do it.
ReplyDeleteBut Nikki, Ben, and Kayli were pretty swag-tastic.
I was really nervous before i got on stage and i was kind of nervous being on stage but after wards i felt accomplished. I learned that its not that bad, even though i still don't like it. I didn't enjoy my performance but i enjoyed hearing the others. i noticed that the older they were the more comfortable they were being on stage and the more passion they had in their reading. my mommy told me i did great and my friend Alaina told me she liked my story the best.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I was REALLY nervous at first, but then I was more relaxed after I went up. I wish I would've read both of my poems. Also, I wish I made more eye contact... I know I need to work on that. I learned that everyone gets nervous when speaking to an audience. Also,I learned that when your mess up, it makes your poem more realistic.I really enjoyed the reaction I got from my poem.My mom wouldn't stop telling me how proud she was and how well I did. She said she was, "the proud parent of a gifted daughter." With all that said I can't wait for the next Coffee House Reading!
ReplyDeleteI felt like i did good last night, it wasnt as scary as i thought it wold be. if i could do it over, i would do a different poem. i wanted to show more emotion. i earned that i shouldnt be scared, because as time goes on, ill learn more. i thought that the sinors were going to be a whole lot more better than us, but i felt like the only thing they did better, was the big words. i enjoyed the poem, "War". my parents did not come.
ReplyDeleteLast night I was very nervous because of the fact that I had to go first out of everyone in the night. I tried not thinking about to it to help but I'm not sure that really worked. If i could do it over again i would have spoken louder and tried to maintain more eye contact. I learned that public speaking is less nerve-wracking than it seems to be and i was surprised by the fact that the venue was so quiet and the mic was low. A performance I particularly enjoyed was Imani G's and i thought she showed a good level of confidence. Between the freshmen and other creative writing performances i noticed that the freshman performances seemed more organized than the older kids and the night got less formal as it went on. When i talked to my dad about my performance he said that i needed to show more confidence and speak louder. overall i think i did an Ok job with my poem reading.
ReplyDelete1. My poem was good, the act not so much.
ReplyDelete2. If I could do it over, I would speak more clearly and be less depressing.
3. Don't suck at comedy in public is one thing i learned :D and don't be shy.
4. I thought there would be more students performing.
5. Keshawn ( I don't know how to spell his name.
6. We used the stairs and we HAD to go up stage, the other grades only had a few performances and they didn't use the stairs. Also, ours were mostly depressing, and one of the other grades had someone who did a more funnier piece.
7. My parents didn't come so, I wouldn't know the answer to the last question.
I felt that my performance personally was suckish. But everyone else did really well! I learned that it is good not to look at a specific person, because sometimes it can be distracting. I was surprised by the amount of people that went back up during the open mic. And I thought everyone was super epic, so I couldnt really choose just one performance that I enjoyed the most. But I do applaud Francis because she went first. I would have cried. And I did notice that the other grades, because they had more experience on stage, were much more comfortable. My mom thought I did good. But that is cause shes my mom. So yeah.
ReplyDeleteI am kind of sad that I couldn't make it. I heard that everyone did really well. I hope that next time I will get to be apart of it : )
ReplyDeleteLast night I was nervous at first, but then when I got my mind set like I was going to do good I actually did good; besides, it was exactly how I thought it would be so I wasn't really nervous. If I had to do it over again, I would've went earlier, because it seemed like a lot of people got hype when I went & if I would've went earlier everyone would've been more supportive. I learned that when you're speaking aloud, you should always maintain eye contact to make your audience feel comfortable. I was surprised at how good everyone did, and I was shocked that I wasn't that nervous. I enjoyed Kaisean's performance was good, because I didn't expect that from him. The freshman's performances were good, but at first they seemed nervous and unenthusiastic, but the older people were okay I expected them to be way better they were kind of boring in my opinion. My family who came thought it was nice, the people who actually implied themselves.
ReplyDeleteI feel i did good because i gave great eye contact and i spoke very loud so everyone could hear me.I would interact with the crowd more. I should get into my poem and make various voices so you can understand the poem more. People talked about actual issues not just about their emotions. I enjoy everyones but i mostly could relate to alexis and isaiah poems. The juniors and seniors poems were more advanced because i never heard of a bolerio poem. They had more things to write about and when they were reading their voice matched their poem.
ReplyDeleteI felt that I did sweeeeeeet. I was pretty nervous at first. I had a good amount of eye contact and I had great voice projection. If I had to change one thing it would have to be, me being more "into" the poem. I've learned that it you go up on stage without thinking it'll prepare you a little more better. The mouse suprised me the most. I really enjoyed The senior or junior Wade's poem about Rice Krispies. And I've noticed that all are poems were like, depressing. Well I think it was because the tone in our voices.
ReplyDeleteLast night I was very nervous, because I don't like presenting in front of people. One thing that I have learned from this experience was that performing in front of people is very difficult. some performance i like were Imani Gunner, Alexis, and Diamond. One thing I thing I noticed about the coffee house reading is that we had to use the stairs to go on and off the stage and the other classes didn't. also that it was mandatory for us to go and not the others.
ReplyDeleteI felt that as a group, we did a nice job with the performances. If I did it over again, I would pick a piece of writing that I liked more. Last night i learned a great deal about public speaking, including the fact that being too nervous never makes for a good performance. I was surprised by how many people read, I did not expect it to go on so long! I particularly enjoyed Clara's performance, and her poem. Her whimsical use of alliteration was delightful. There was a distinct difference between the demeanor of the freshman and the seniors. The seniors performed in a much more casual manner than the freshman, but whether that is a good thing or not is up for discussion. My mother thought that we all did a swell job, and she also tried a new kind of tea. I believe it was quite to her liking.
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ReplyDeleteI felt that I did good last night as a performance, even though i only did OK. If I could do it over again i would speak louder, make my eye contact more direct, and be more mature about my performance. I learned that to be a writer you have to be able to perform and put forth your work to be heard. I was surprised about how it easy it was to go up there, and how comfortable the setting was at the reading. I liked Alexis' performance the best because it was deep. I noticed that the older kids were better at reading out loud. My parents were not there but Frances' dad was acting as my guardian and he said that I did not do bad but the open mic was draining after a while. I wrote this on Frances' because I was never able to make my own account.