Grade: 7 (could be adapted to other grades)
Subjects: Language Arts (Writing, Oral, Media Literacy)
In this unit, students work independently to compose and perform a slam poem (spoken word) and then record and edit a video of their performance. It includes lessons that address multiple strands in the Ontario Language Arts curriculum and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards.
Once students have completed their composition and videoed the final version of their slam, they will edit the video to include a starting title screen and closing screen. This is an introduction to video editing which will prepare them for their next project which is a more extensive video production project
This activity engages students in crafting a text in the form of a slam poem using a variety of literary devices and performing that poem using non-literary devices to make the performance compelling.
Includes:
- Teacher's sesson slide show
- Student hand-out
- Lesson plan