Spoken Word Poetry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Spoken Word

In Class Today

Introduction to the theme

What is Spoken Word

Examples and observations

The Assessment

Deliver a Spoken Word Performance

of an Original Work

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.

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"?

The theme is:

For the next video

How does the performer convey emotion?

How does he convey emotion?

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