Do Now: Do Now: Working with your partner, decide where would you Working with your partner, decide where would you place the pauses place the pauses in the following poem?in the following poem?

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate;Thou art more lovely and more temperate;Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And Summer's lease hath all too short a date;And Summer's lease hath all too short a date;Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair declines,And every fair from fair declines,By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal Summer will not fadeBut thy eternal Summer will not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growest;When in eternal lines to time thou growest;So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Aim: How do you use Aim: How do you use rate and pause rate and pause to enhance your delivery?to enhance your delivery?

RateRate• the speed you say the the speed you say the

words words betweenbetween the the pauses/silencespauses/silences

• Audiences cannot listen Audiences cannot listen as rapidly as a performer as rapidly as a performer can speak.can speak.

• By manipulating rate, By manipulating rate, you can express subtle you can express subtle variety.variety.

PausePause

• The silence of your The silence of your speech speech

• Planned pauses not panic Planned pauses not panic pauses!pauses!

• Punctuated pausesPunctuated pauses• Phrasal pauses—clarifies Phrasal pauses—clarifies

units of thought units of thought • Don’t be afraid to hold a Don’t be afraid to hold a

pause .pause .

Aim: How do you use Aim: How do you use rate and pause rate and pause to to enhance your delivery?enhance your delivery?

A pause gives you…A pause gives you…• timetime to breathe to breathe• timetime to consider what it to consider what it

is you're going to say is you're going to say nextnext

• timetime to receive, and to receive, and digest the feedback digest the feedback you're getting from your you're getting from your audienceaudience

A pause gives the audience…A pause gives the audience…• timetime to breathe to breathe• timetime to let the images or to let the images or

ideas you've given them ideas you've given them 'flower' in their minds'flower' in their minds

• timetime to summarize what's to summarize what's been saidbeen said

• timetime to prepare for what to prepare for what may be coming nextmay be coming next

Aim: How do you use Aim: How do you use rate and pause rate and pause to enhance your delivery?to enhance your delivery?

• For a full stop or period, count 1,2For a full stop or period, count 1,2• For a comma, count 1For a comma, count 1• For a semi-colon, count 1For a semi-colon, count 1• For a colon, count 1,2For a colon, count 1,2• Between the end of one paragraph and Between the end of one paragraph and

the start of count 1, 2, 3the start of count 1, 2, 3

Aim: How do you use Aim: How do you use rate and pause rate and pause to enhance your delivery?to enhance your delivery?

• Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate;Thou art more lovely and more temperate;Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And Summer's lease hath all too short a date;And Summer's lease hath all too short a date;Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair declines,And every fair from fair declines,By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal Summer will not fadeBut thy eternal Summer will not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growest;When in eternal lines to time thou growest;So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Aim: How do you use Aim: How do you use rate and pause rate and pause to enhance your delivery?to enhance your delivery?

• Remember silence is a gift you give to yourself and your audience. Used effectively it can speak louder than words. How?

• In stillness your words flower to their potential. When speak you seed the thought of image. In the pause it grows.