Creating and performing slam poetry
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' previous poetry units, such as 'Single Poet Focus: Maya Angelou', and the spoken language units, such as 'Participating in effective debates'. Whilst pupils have previously performed poems and participated in debates, they now see how they can bring those skills together to create engaging poetry performances. This helps them develop their confidence in public speaking so they can engage audiences effectively. This unit builds towards the unit 'spoken language: the language of change', where pupils plan how to write impactful and engaging presentations.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils recognise key features of a poem including the title, stanzas, rhythm and rhyme.
- Pupils can recognise the conventions of more traditional written forms of poetry.
- Pupils understand what onomatopoeia, alliteration and repetition are.
- Pupils can use a success criteria to evaluate spoken language skills and offer specific feedback.
- Pupils can differentiate between written and spoken forms of language.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' previous poetry units, such as 'Single Poet Focus: Maya Angelou', and the spoken language units, such as 'Participating in effective debates'. Whilst pupils have previously performed poems and participated in debates, they now see how they can bring those skills together to create engaging poetry performances. This helps them develop their confidence in public speaking so they can engage audiences effectively. This unit builds towards the unit 'spoken language: the language of change', where pupils plan how to write impactful and engaging presentations.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils recognise key features of a poem including the title, stanzas, rhythm and rhyme.
- Pupils can recognise the conventions of more traditional written forms of poetry.
- Pupils understand what onomatopoeia, alliteration and repetition are.
- Pupils can use a success criteria to evaluate spoken language skills and offer specific feedback.
- Pupils can differentiate between written and spoken forms of language.
Creating and performing slam poetry
In this unit, pupils learn about slam poetry and practise performing it. They first learn what slam poetry is, before analysing and emulating the sounds used in slam poetry. They then plan and create a slam poem, before then developing their performance of it.
4 lessons in unit
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