Essential Question: How can you edit and revise your Spoken Word Poem for the most emotional impact?

Agenda:

Finish and submit your final Spoken Word Poem. Follow these steps:

1. Re-read your poem and check for overall flow (if you stumble over words or replace words with others, you should make these changes).

2. Split your poem into lines (and stanzas, if applicable). Figure out where you want to place emphasis and want to pause and where your poem shifts to determine how long your lines are. DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR POEM AS ONE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH.

3. Come up with a title for your poem. Put that title into quotation marks at the top of your poem.

4. Go through and tighten your language. What can you say in fewer or more specific words? Make these changes.

5. Heighten the emotional impact of your poem. Your goal with Spoken Word Poetry is to hit your audience in the feels. See where you can get more "real" and more specific in your language and examples.

6. Get two other people's feedback on your poem. Ask them what is working, what's confusing, and what they want to hear more about. Make these changes. Also, ask them how this poem makes them feel. Depending on their reaction, you might want to make some changes or heighten some things.

7. Re-read your poem for overall flow. Run it through Grammarly to eliminate any grammatical issues.

8. Submit your poem, including its title, as a clean, final draft. Make sure you have no open comments or suggestions.

If you have leftover time, work on make-up assignments.

Assignments:

• Submit your final Spoken Word Poem
• Submit all make-up assignments you still have by Friday, May 15, 2020

​Essential Question: How do you write your own spoken word poetry? 

Agenda: 

1. Poem of the Day: These examples are just meant for you to watch and get inspiration from. 

2. List 10 things you should have learned by now. 

3. Begin writing your own Spoken Word Poem.

• Keep it conversational
• Use strong verbs and images
• Pay attention to the flow of your words

Need more inspiration? Check out Button Poetry on Youtube

4. Use these 5 tips to help you write: 

Tip 1: Use Concrete Language
Spoken word poetry should incorporate certain words and phrases that can create vivid images, sounds, actions, and other feelings and sensations in your readers.  If you spoken poetry is strong and rich with imagery, your audience will be able to feel, smell, and taste along with your poem.  A good spoken word poetry is just like reading a good book.
Tip 2:  Use Repetition
In any type of poetry, repetition is a simple, yet powerful poetic device.  The repetition of a phrase or imagine will help to extend that particular thought or image beyond its original meaning.  This can help the writer get a point across or exaggerate a point that they want to make.
Tip 3:  Incorporate Rhyme
The use of rhyming in your poem can add to your performance and make it more entertaining and fun to follow for your audience.  Use elements of surprise and moderation when incorporating rhyme into your spoken word poetry.
Tip 4:  Attitude
Every poet’s poem will be unique, and they will also have their own unique perspective of the subject or topic that they choose to write and speak about.  It is essential that a spoken word poem is able to capture the feelings that the poet has and covey them to their audience and the rest of the world.  Be sure that your poem incorporates a certain attitude or feeling to your audience.
Tip 5:  Persona
As a poet or write, you can portray anyone and any feelings that you want to in your poetry.  For example, you choose to write your poem in the voice of someone else, or take on the opinion of another person that might be different from your own.  Be creative and have fun with the subject you choose.
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5. Closing Poem