Slam Poetry: Power Through Performance (5 of 5)
Objectives
- Students will use eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation during their slam poem performance.
- Students will give specific, positive, and constructive feedback to each other.
- Students will read/recite their slam poems out loud.
- Students will give verbal feedback to peers.
Description
In this lesson, students will give their final performance of their slam poems. They will also give/receive feedback and constructive criticism to/from their classmates.
Sequence
- Review class objectives.
- Discussion: What was the most difficult part of writing your poem? What part did you find the most enjoyable? If you could do it again (you should), what would you do?
- Performance Evaluation Rubric
- Eye Contact
- Gestures
- Volume
- Pace
- Positive Feedback
- Constructive Feedback
- Warmup Poems
- These warmup poems will get us started
- Easy to Read
- Get the mouth moving!
- Let's Try One...on the Teacher
- Poetic Reading
- Feedback from Audience
- Student Submissions
- Poetic Reading
- Feedback from Audience
- Watch-time- The Future of Poetry is VR
- Poem Mashup VR experience
- Wrap-up
Demonstratives & Media
Classroom Space
Virtual Field Trips & Lab Demonstrations
Instructional Videos
3D objects
Suggested Ancillary Support
Poem Mashup VR Experience - The poem itself was a mashup of various poets, including Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, Dr. Seuss, and Shel Silverstein.
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Poet’s Name: ____________
Made consistent and comfortable eye contact throughout speech. 1...2…3...4…5…6…7...8…9…10
Used gestures to help communicate meaning 1...2…3...4…5…6…7...8…9…10
Used understandable volume. 1...2…3...4…5…6…7...8…9…10
Spoke at understandable pace. 1...2…3...4…5…6…7...8…9…10
What’s one piece of positive feedback?
What’s one piece of constructive feedback?
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Notes
Poem Mashup VR Experience - https://youtu.be/qteboiC7H_Q
Presentation - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1s2Tbg9OUAYyxaa47lKDgkCLRWgDkV15P36w9XUsPa5E/edit?usp=sharing