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Poetry SLAM: Youth Verse Competition

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Use this model, based on urban youth poetry competitions, to create an engaging venue for your poets to share their work out loud, with expression. Build class community, have fun, and celebrate your authors' original verse. Resource is...
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Poetry Slams and Lesson Plans

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Poetry slams can lead your students beyond a focus on rhyme and meter and into the emotional pull of poetry.
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Curated OER

Stage a Poetry Slam!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write and perform poetry. For this poetry presentation lesson, students learn about the concept of a poetry slam. Students plan and hold their own poetry slam.
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Curated OER

Qualities of a Poetry Slam

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover the qualities of a poetry slam. In this poetry instructional activity, students conduct research to learn how slams are conducted and performances are scored. Students participate in their own poetry slam competition.
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Borrowed Poem Performance: Practice for Slam

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners practice for a poetry slam. In this poetry lesson, students select borrowed poems to perform in a poetry slam in order to participate in their own poetry slam competition.
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Oral Directions: Practice for the Slam

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice their poetry presentations. In this poetry slam lesson, students use the provided practice feedback form to prepare for presenting their poems prior to participating in their own poetry slam competition.
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Curated OER

Introduction to the Poetry Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore, analyze and interpret one form of poetry writing called Poetry Slam. They hear several examples of unexpected poetry and view a video of "Slam Nation." The books, "Hey You! C'mere: A Poetry Slam," by Elizabeth Swados...
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Alex: Poetry Slam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will locate a poem of their choice from a designated website to interpret. Students will then search the Internet for performances of the poem they select. In addition to creating a written interpretation of the poem, including...