Performing your chosen Gothic poem
I can effectively deliver a Gothic poem using a range of performance techniques.
Performing your chosen Gothic poem
I can effectively deliver a Gothic poem using a range of performance techniques.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Performing a poem means bringing out the drama of the poem.
- It is important to vary the pace and tone in your performance.
- It's best to learn the poem so you can perform the poem and not just say it.
- You should make eye contact with the audience when performing a poem.
- Peer-assessment is a useful tool to help each other make a range of improvements.
Keywords
Performance - a performance is a way of entertaining an audience with speech, acting or music
Tone - how speakers use their voice to convey their feelings is known as tone
pace - to change your speaking pace is to change how quickly or slowly you speak
Fluent - we call performers fluent if they speak without hesitation or mistakes
Common misconception
Students might try to read the poem rather than recite.
Encourage students to learn as much of the poem as possible.
Equipment
You will need access to copies of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace'. These are available in the additional materials.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
wicked thoughts
deep unhappiness
triumph
the self
destruction
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a form of entertainment for an audience
the speed at which something happens
clear, easy expression
the way a speaker uses their voice to convey meaning
speak quietly and indistinctly