Slam poetry part 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Spoken Word

In Class Today

Introduction to the theme

What is Spoken Word

Examples and observations

Learning aims

You will be able to give a clear description of what a slam poem is and entails.

You know what a simile, hyperbole and metaphor are and can implement them. 

We practice talking about literature and eventually you are going to write and perform your own poem.

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.

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

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.

Figures of speech 

• Metaphor --> He is a shining star.
• simile --> cold as ice, white as snow, slept like a log (as/like)
• hyperbole --> she could feed a whole army with that
• alliteration --> Dan's dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.
•  onomatopoeia -->The sheep went, “Baa.”    The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.
• Repetition

For the next video

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

What comes to mind after
watching and listening?

For the next video

What is this spoken word piece about?

What is its "theme"?

For the next video

How does the performer convey emotion?

How does he convey emotion?

video exercise 

We are going to watch 2 short video's of poets performing slam poetry. Pay attention, afterwards you will have to answer a few questions about the themes, tone, etc.

We will also have a little discussion about the video's afterwards.

Perfect. Which words do I associate with perfect?

What is the mood of the poem? (Or How does it make me feel?)

What is the message of the poem?

Search for a picture that resembles this poem. warning: no dirty images because I can see your name!

Did you hear any figures of speech? which ones?

Which words do I associate with happiness?

What is the mood of the poem? (Or How does it make me feel?)

What is the message of the poem?

Figures of speech 

• Metaphor --> He is a shining star.
• simile --> cold as ice, white as snow, slept like a log (as/like)
• hyperbole --> she could feed a whole army with that
• alliteration --> Dan's dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.
•  onomatopoeia -->The sheep went, “Baa.”    The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.
• Repetition

Did you hear any figures of speech? which ones?

Which of these two slam poems (Pefect or Happiness) did you prefer more and why?