My 11 Year Old Son Recites Charge of the Light Brigade

5 comments:

jessica said...

WOW, he did a great job, both on memorizing & his recitation!!! He should be very proud of himself. :D Not gonna lie, the ending was awesome too! ;) How long did it take him to memorize it?

Kasey said...

Love it, Allison! I'm having my 9th graders do Poetry Out Loud (www.poetryoutloud.org, if you're interested--homeschoolers can participate in competition, too!) and I assigned one of my girls 'The Charge of the Light Brigade.' I thought that it couldn't be too bad--I had memorized it as an 8th grader. She's fighting the poem memorization processand making it harder on herself to remember the poem, but maybe I can show her this video of your son. If an 11 year old boy can do it, certainly she can, too!

I also told one of my classes about something you had posted once about your sons memorizing a poem and putting it up on the mirror to study as they brushed their teeth. I also made them all read the article you posted a while back about the teacher who forces his high school students to memorize poetry... so basically, I've gotten all of my poetry unit inspiration from you! Thanks for being a great educator and sharing your ideas with the rest of us!

Just One Handful said...

Applause!!!A wonderful job to your son!!! We did The Charge of the Light Brigade a couple of years ago, it's a long one. Lots of effort. I called my big girls (12, 11) in to watch and they still remembered it!! Poetry Memorization works! A beautiful, holy Advent to you all, Kara

Tracy said...

Awesome job! I love it when children learn to memorize prayer and poetry. He looked like he really enjoyed doing it too.

Allison said...

Jessica, Kasey, Kara and Tracy, thank you. He's a little perturbed at me right now for sharing this but I am reminding him that it is encouraging for others and his feelings are normal, to be self-conscious about "public" speaking.

Anyway, your kind words are appreciated. Our family loves that poem and it took him about 3 months of a little memorization each week.

Kasey, I am so touched that you've found my blog helpful in your teaching. What a lucky group of girls to have YOU as their committed, Catholic teacher!

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