Activities and resources
Your teacher may direct you to use some of the below resources or complete some of the collated activities:
What is a Poetry Slam?
“Simply put, a poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they’re saying and how they’re saying it. A poetry slam is an event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience.”
The Tools of Poetry:
Slam Poetry Examples:
- ‘A love story for lonely prime numbers’ by Harry Baker
- ‘‘This Muslim Girl and this Jewish Girl’ by Amina Iro and Hannah Halpern
- ‘For teenage girls’ by Clementine von Radics
- ‘Gravel’ by Ben Stokes
- ‘I was told my mama had all the answers’ by Jessica Blandon
- ‘Paper people’ by Harry Baker
- ‘Please resist me’ by Luka Lesson
- ‘The confluence’ by Luka Lesson
- ‘The new crusades’ by Luka Lesson
- ‘This is my voice’ by Shane Koyczan
- ‘To the boys who may one day date my daughter’ by Jesse Parent
- ‘To this day’ by Shane Koyczan
- ‘What do teachers make?’ by Taylor Mali
- ‘What kind of Asian are you?’ by Alex Dang
- ‘When God Happens’ by Mike Rosen