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What is Slam Poetry? Slam Poetry is a type of competition where people read their poems without props, costumes, or music. After performing, they receive scores (0-10) from 5 randomly selected judges. The judges can be anyone: they don't even need to be poets! Scores are awarded based on how much each judge likes a poem. A type of poetry expressing a person’s personal story and/or struggle usually in an intensely emotional style. Very powerful, sincere, and moving.
What were the key words there?? • Competition • Expression • Emotional • Personal • Spoken/Performed
A Slam Poem About Bacon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSVO5VloDlc
Elementary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-cYjUCudbA
What was different about that poem compared to the poems we did yesterday? Turn to a partner and talk about this question for 1 minute. Come up with a 7-word sentence as your answer and write it on the board. Example: “He used hand gestures to illustrate words”
Look it up, Kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSt9BBxhJ4k
Seriously Awesome. What we’re going to do now: We’re going to write a slam poem as a class. On your slip of paper, Choose ONE of these sentences and fill in the blanks: I am _________ _____________ _________. ___________ ___________ _________ is what I believe. My home _________ __________ ____________. _________ ___________ ____________ scares me. I write _______ _________ __________.