Oral Interpretation

It’s Somebody Else’s, But You’re “Owning” It!

• Between the World & Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Read by Oprah, et. al.)
• “Hands” (Sarah Key- Spoken Word – 2 mins)
• “The Lanyard” (Billy Collins poem – 3 mins)
• “This is Water” (David Foster Wallace excerpt & short film – 10 mins)
• Taylor Mali
  • “What Teachers Make” (3 mins)
  • “Like Lily Like Wilson” (3 mins)
  • “Like Totally Whatever” (4 mins)
• Response to “Like Totally Whatever” (Melissa Lozada-Oliva 3 mins)
• Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman – “The Miracle of Morning”
• “The Invention of Wings” – High School Duo Interpretation Finals (2017)
• “Jackie & Me” – High School Duo Interpretation Final Winner (2015)

Some Samplings:

• Overview + Sample (First 5 mins)
• How to: INTRO (First few mins)

Planning It Out:

• Approved Interpretation Sources from National Speech & Debate Association
• Oral Interpretation Speech IDEAS
• Humorous Interpretation Pieces
• Dramatic Interpretation Pieces
• Oral Interp Resources (Monologues, etc.)
• Monologue Archive (Vast!)
• Longform Essay Collection
• Oral Interpretation Speech – Detailed Lesson & Planning
• Letters of Note ( A wide-ranging collection of letters)