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Poetry SLAM: Youth Verse Competition
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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Stage a Poetry Slam!
Students write and perform poetry. In this poetry presentation instructional activity, students learn about the concept of a poetry slam. Students plan and hold their own poetry slam.
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Qualities of a Poetry Slam
Students discover the qualities of a poetry slam. In this poetry lesson plan, 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
Students practice for a poetry slam. For 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
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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Performance and Reflection on Listening and Speaking
Students prepare for and evaluate their performances in poetry slams. In this literature lesson, students write personal narratives about their poetry slam experiences.