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Alabama Learning Exchange

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...
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Cincinnati Arts Association: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This study guide focuses on the preparation behind a poetry slam. In addition to discussing the history of a poetry slam, the study guide features various methods and exercises to get involved.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Become a Slam Poet in Five Steps

For Students 9th - 10th
With enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is within your reach. Explore a distant memory on paper, then read it out loud. Edit. Try reading it out loud again, and add your finishing touches. Gayle Danley offers five steps to...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Two Ways to Animate Slam Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Slam poetry packs an emotional punch by using powerful verbal metaphors; animation can do the same using visual tools. TED-Ed animators show how two separate techniques- rotoscoping and more traditional hand-drawn animation- bring to...
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Kids Philosophy Slam

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Every year a kid-friendly philosophical question is asked and students are encouraged to submit original writing, drawing, painting, or poetry that expresses their opinions on the posed topic.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "What Teachers Make" by Taylor Mali

For Students 7th - 9th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...

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