In this 9-12 lesson, students will reflect on small moments of peace or happiness to write an original haiku. Students will demonstrate spoken word to perform a haiku for an audience.
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Teachers should be familiar with haiku poetry and How to Perform Spoken Word with Deborah Magdalena.
Students should be familiar with elements of poetry.
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- The first snow of the year
- Sleeping in on spring break
- Pizza night at a friend’s house
- When the bell rings for summer
- Teaching a game to a younger sibling
- Laughing with your friends
- Beating a video game
- A Sled
- A pillow
- A slice of pizza
- A clock
- A photo of the younger sibling
- Happy tears
- Video game controller
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Erinn Harris
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March 16, 2022
Ever wonder about the difference between poetry and spoken word? In this video, you will learn how you can transform a poem, original or not, into an expressive spoken word performance. Watch as spoken word artist Deborah Magdalena breaks down an original poem to show how connection, vocalization, and movement can bring power to your words.
In this 9-12 lesson, students will analyze the sound, rhythm, and improvisation of jazz music. They will explore the works of Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, and Langston Hughes. Students apply musicality and sound elements to original poems.
In this 3-5 lesson, students will explore jazz music and dance, then write a jazz-inspired cinquain poem. They will build their background on the history of jazz and its use of improvisation to demonstrate jazz dance movements.
Help English-learning students build language and communication skills through poetry and puppetry
In this 9-12 lesson, students will analyze poetic devices in the poems and images of the surrealist movement. They will explore artists of the surrealist movement, including André Breton, Robert Desnos, Salvador Dalí, and Joan Miró. Students will write original poems using surrealist techniques.
How does poetry change when it transforms from written to spoken word? Listen as well-known voices express the work of celebrated poets.
In this 3-5 lesson, students will write original haiku’s and paint landscape art. Students will explore the geography and culture of Japan. They will display their art on a scroll and design a class art gallery.
In this 3-5 lesson, students will illustrate self-portraits to identify their senses. They will take a virtual field trip to the ocean to explore a sensory experience. Students will write a haiku poem about the ocean, bringing science and creative writing together as one.
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