Q1+Oral+Assignments

ORAL INTERPRETATION  ...is the art of communicating a literary or oral selection in its intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic entirety to an audience to arouse a meaningful response.

Differences between and Interpretation and Acting :

Acting:  sound, etc.)
 * Creates a world using literal effects
 * Uses one medium – drama
 * Is memorized
 * Uses accessories (costumes, lighting, make-up, a stage,
 * One person plays one role
 * Is directed

Interpretation
 * Is suggestive – theatre is in your own mind
 * Uses all literary texts, not just one medium
 * Does not have to be memorized
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Uses no accessories – you are the prop
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">One person plays multiple roles
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Is not directed – the performer comes up with his/herown concepts

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">http://lilt.ilstu.edu/cslaml/pdfs/oral_interpretation.pdf //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">You will have four chances to practice your oral interpretation skills: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Summer Reading Poetry Out Loud 2 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Poetry Out Loud 1 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Current Event Speech <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Paper Bag Speech <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">OI#2: Prose Passage <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Cutting and Introducing a Selection <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">The Performance Plan <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Interpretation Analysis Form