Spoken Word Poetry

Spoken Word
1 / 18
next
Slide 1: Slide
EngelsMiddelbare schoolhavo, vwoLeerjaar 4

This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 5 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 60 min

Items in this lesson

Spoken Word

Slide 1 - Slide

In Class Today
Introduction to the theme
What is Spoken Word
Examples and observations



Slide 2 - Slide

The Assessment
Deliver a Spoken Word Performance
of an Original Work

Slide 3 - Slide

What is Spoken Word?
Spoken word is a poetic performance art

It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play such as intonation and voice inflection. 

It includes any kind of poetry recited aloud, including poetry readings, poetry slams, jazz poetry, and hip hop.

Slide 4 - Slide

What is Spoken Word?
Spoken-word poetry is often used to convey important or controversial messages to society. 

Such messages often include raising awareness of topics such as: racial inequality, sexual assault and/or rape culture, anti-bullying messages, body positive campaigns, and LGBTQ topics

Slide 5 - Slide

What is Spoken Word?
Slam poetry competitions often feature loud and radical poems that display both intense content and sound. 
 
Some spoken-word poems go viral and can then appear in articles, on TED talks, and on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Slide 6 - Slide

For the next video
Write down anything that comes to mind while watching and listening to the performance

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Video

Slide 9 - Video

What comes to mind after
watching and listening?

Slide 10 - Mind map

For the next video
What is this spoken word piece about?
What is its "theme"?

Slide 11 - Slide

Slide 12 - Video

The theme is:

Slide 13 - Open question

For the next video
How does the performer convey emotion?

Slide 14 - Slide

Slide 15 - Video

How does he convey emotion?

Slide 16 - Open question

The assignment 
Find a spoken word poem that "speaks" to you

Be prepared to share with the class:
What it is about
Why you picked it


Slide 17 - Slide

Slide 18 - Video