DE LA SALLE LIPA

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ARTS AND SCIENCES

LITERATURE, FILIPINO & ART APPRECIATION

GUIDELINES ON ECHOES OF THE SOUL (POETRY RECITAL)

LITFORM/WORLDLIT
School-Year 2015-2016
Description: The activity is a poetry recital of each students own composition which will serve as a tool
to increase students literacy level and appreciation of poetry.
General Objectives:
The project seeks to meet the following objectives:
1.
To promote the spoken dimension of poetry; specifically the voice of the poem and how it should be
conveyed in recital
2.
To explore creativity in making and delivering a literary composition
3.
To increase vocabulary and help students become more expressive and contemplative and gain a
better appreciation of life through writing poetry
4.
To utilize literature as a means of self expression
Participants:
ALL classes taking Litform/Wordlit.
Mechanics:
I.
Pre Recital Requirements
1. The student will compose a poem of at least 16 lines (4 stanzas) either in English or Filipino. The
poem may either use the traditional form or free verse.
2. The student will provide a concise interpretation of the poem. He must master his/her poem by
heart, as well as an overview on how it was written. He also should practice reciting the poem
orally, making sure that his/her oral recitation proves that he/she understands the emotive and
intellectual content and form of the poem.
3. The student accomplishes the poetry worksheet form (format to be given by the teacher). This is to
be submitted to the teacher before the scheduled recital.
II.
Recital Requirements
1. The student copies the complete poem on a sheet of Manila paper or acetate using a marking pen
and makes sure that the letters are readable to the student seated at the last row of the classroom.
He brings this to class on the day of his recital, together with some masking tape with which to
attach the sheet to the blackboard or OHP so that his classmates can follow his recitation and mark
the level of his mastery of the poem. Another option is the use of PPT.
2. He delivers his oral recital on the scheduled recital. His oral presentation should show his MASTERY
of the poem. Mastery means that he/she is precise with all the words the poem uses, his
ENUNCIATION and VOICE PROJECTION is clear, and his INFLECTION OF THE EMOTIONAL AND
INTELLECTUAL CONTENT AND FORM of the poem is expressive of his knowledge and sensibility of
poem.
3. The oral recital of the poem should not exceed 10 minutes. The oral delivery should follow this
format:
a. Provide a short background of the poem (title and overview on how it was written)
b. Deliver the poem
c. Share/Discuss the interpretation of the poem and its significance to the author

4. The poetry recital is considered as 75% of the final written examination.