TO WEAVE OR NOT TO WEAVE

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TO WEAVE OR NOT TO WEAVE?

• THAT IS THE POETRY QUESTION
• By MLiss S. Hindman

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New 2007-2008Category B EXPLORING POETRY

• Wide Open

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New 2007-2008Category B EXPLORING POETRY

• Wide Open
• Poetry must be published

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New 2007-2008Category B EXPLORING POETRY

• Wide Open
• Poetry must be published
• Poetry must be from a different poet than the
  contestant is using in Category A

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New 2007-2008Category B EXPLORING POETRY

• Wide Open
• Poetry must be published
• Poetry must be from a different poet than the
  contestant is using in Category A
• May perform single poem, excerpts, or a thematic
  collection of up to six poems

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New 2007-2008Category B EXPLORING POETRY

• Category specifically states that the contestant
  may WEAVE the poems!

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What is Weaving? andHow Does One Do
ItEffectively?
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Purpose of Weaving

• Not to create a new poem not blending poetry
• It is a technique for program or thematic
  development
• Done wellit highlights each individual poem

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Requirements for Weaving

• Not all poetry can or should be woven

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Purpose of Weaving

• Not all poetry can or should be woven
• If woven, each poem must retain its own
  individual voice

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Requirements for Weaving

• Not all poetry can or should be woven
• If woven, each poem must retain its own
  individual voice
• Each poem must be performed in a manner that
  makes it distinct from the others

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Requirements for Weaving

• If woven, each poem must retain its own
  individual voice
• Each poem must be performed in a manner that
  makes it distinct
• Weaving requires more work by the performer not
  only in programming, but in internalization
  development of characters

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HOW DO YOU PUT AWOVEN PROGRAM TOGETHER?
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HOW DO YOU PUT AWOVEN PROGRAM TOGETHER?

• Thematic Idea
• Find a poem you like with a theme
• OR
• Think of theme first then find poems

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HOW DO YOU PUT AWOVEN PROGRAM TOGETHER?

• Make the THEME Specific

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HOW DO YOU PUT AWOVEN PROGRAM TOGETHER?

• Select your poems
• No hard and fast rules
• Almost an instinctive process

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HOW TO PUT AWOVEN PROGRAM TOGETHER?

• Select your poems
• No hard and fast rules
• Almost an instinctive process
• Program should have a beginning, a middle, and an
  end

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HOW TO PUT AWOVEN PROGRAM TOGETHER?

• Select your poems
• No hard and fast rules
• Almost an instinctive process
• Program should have a beginning, a middle, and an
  end
• Keep thematic development clearly in mind how
  are the poems furthering the arguments of your
  program?

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ACTUAL WEAVING PROCESS

• Gather selected poems, pencil and paper
• Read and re-read poems

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ACTUAL WEAVING PROCESS

• Gather selected poems, pencil and paper
• Read and re-read poems
• Mark possible places for splices
• Choose an anchor or central poem

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ACTUAL WEAVING PROCESS

• Gather selected poems, pencil and paper
• Read and re-read poems
• Mark possible places for splices
• Choose an anchor or central poem
• Decide if you are alternating poems in a sequence
  OR if you are doing a more random weave due to
  theme development

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See the new UIL Prose/Poetry Handbook

• Sample of How to
• Divide
• A Poem

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QUESTIONS?
Contact UIL Speech Consultant MLiss S. Hindman
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Contact Information

• MLiss S. Hindman
• Tyler Junior College
• mhin_at_tjc.edu
• 903.510.2206