Slam poetry – writing and performance

Author: Solari

Created: 2021-10-10 01:47pm

Edited: 2021-10-10 03:15pm

Keywords: english, slam poetry, writing, poetry, performance, assessment, group work, year 9, stage 5, K-10

Description:

Learning Design created by a pre-service teacher for Stage 5 (Year 9) English.

Outcomes relate to the NSW English K–10 Syllabus (2012).

Teachers are advised to vet slam poetry resources for suitability before using them in the classroom.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

EN5-2A – effectively uses and critically assesses a wide range of processes, skills, strategies and knowledge for responding to and composing a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
EN5-3B – selects and uses language forms, features and structures of texts appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts, describing and explaining their effects on meaning
EN5-5C – thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and increasingly complex ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts in a range of contexts
EN5-8D – questions, challenges and evaluates cultural assumptions in texts and their effects on meaning
EN5-9E – purposefully reflects on, assesses and adapts their individual and collaborative skills with increasing independence and effectiveness

	Resources		Tasks		Supports
	Online videos of slam poetry competitions	→	Screening of slam poetry competition videos, followed by class discussion ↓	←	Online articles, interviews etc. with slam poets
	Print examples of slam poetry	→	Explicit teaching of slam poetry language devices and themes ↓	←	Graphic organiser
	Word cloud generator Newspaper articles Social media memes	→	Individual activity: Warm-up poetry writing exercises ↓	←	Word bank
←	Assessment criteria	←	Students formulate assessment criteria for judging their own upcoming slam poetry competition ↓	←	Graphic organiser Example rubrics
			Group activity: In groups of 3 or 4, students write a slam poem and practise performing it as a group ↓
	Student-created assessment criteria	→	Slam poetry competition Groups perform their slam poems for the class; students assess the performances and declare a winner ↓
			Individual writing activity: Students reflect on group work and collaboration