Session 1

I learned the impact of writing certain words and saying words a certain way speed can really uplift a story. The two girls that presented did a noticeably nice job in their presentations. Kelly Johnson presented a poem about her father dying. It was sad obviously, but at the sametime I really liked how she used certain adjectives and metaphors to help put her message acrossed. Kelly alos did not make it a long, drawn out, and sappy story when she easily could of. She made it clear though how much she loved her dad and misses her. I can relate to losing someone that close because I lost my mom of cancer when I was 14.

Then there was the girl by the name of Jessica Sabol. i actually graduated high school with Jessica and have known her most of my life and she is a very interesting young girl. She was in drama club, theatre, and is a very outgoing person. All of these showed in her presentation as well, she had a couple different selections that ranged from heart wrenching to sexually humiliation. She read all of them out loud, and did a great job with each one. Using a lower and scared voice for the one of her grandpa dying and for the one she talks about a "whore" using men like tissues she used each characters voice the way it would be if it happened in front of us.

If either of these girls had read there poems in a boring monotoned voice I would've lost interest within minutes of them starting. But because of the way they emphasized certain words and the way they would change the mood of there voices for certain sections, I was able to listen and picture what was going on as a listener and really could feel the emotion that the reader was putting off on to us in the room.