In this unit, we explored poetry, we have done many activities that are related to poetry, all of them allowed us to improve on particular areas related to poetry, each activity has its purpose. overall, I think improved a lot at performing the poem through this unit, I have become more confident in this performance compared to my flipgrid video. Also, I learned a lot of poetic devices by analyzing and annotating poems. we also further develop our writing skills, such as applying techniques to that we learned from other poems. Activities we have done over this unit:
I learned a lot more poetic devices from analyzing poems, some of them are also used in my own poems, I also learned some techniques in writing poems, such as impacting the audience by emotions. etc, so in overall, I think that annotating poems helped me the most in the field of poetry. I learned how to perform well and naturally from performing our poems on fligrid and in front of the class, we practiced performing poems by recording ourselves and upload the video to flipgrid, which allowed the students to reflect and see where to improve next time. my biggest issue was the movements and I didn’t show emotions in the video, my movements are no naturally presented and I literally read off the script. However, for the final performance, I think I have done a better job than last time because I showed the movements and I have become more confident in front of the audience.
Based on learner profile, I think I demonstrated being Reflective and I was being a Risk Taker, I reflected on poetry video and tried to improve, I was being a risk taker because I tried to be more confident on the stage so I could present my poem more naturally. From my performance, I didn’t do great but I can see the improvement I’ve made throughout this unit, therefore, I think the greatest skill I learned from this unit is performing. This skill can be applied to every subject, such as presenting an essay, It could be used at every place, performing confidently also allow us to become a risk taker, willing to try something new or overcome our fears.