Individual+Station

Welcome to the Individual Station of the Poetry Unit! While you are here, you will be learning about Spoken Word Poetry (also sometimes called "slam poetry") Please make sure you have your earbuds/headphones plugged in, since you will be reading AND listening to poetry at this station!

The tasks are designed to be done in order. If you don't finish all of them your first time at this station, don't worry; you'll be back a second time!

Spoken Word (or Slam) Poetry is poetry that is meant to be performed, not just read from a page. Poetry Slams are competitions held around the world between competing poets. Each poet reads a poem they have written, and it must be three minutes or less, with no props or costumes - just their words and their voice. Spoken word poetry can rhyme, but often it sounds more like a story.
 * Online Task 1: What is Spoken Word Poetry? **

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In this task, you will read a poem, then watch the poet perform it. You will then decide which you liked better, and share your opinion with your class.
 * Online Task 2: Written vs. Spoken Poetry **

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c. What did you think? Share your opinion on the Linoit board for your class. Period 1 Period 2 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Period 3 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Period 5 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">Period 6

Yes, you CAN check out what people in other classes have to say - but please only post on your board, otherwise, things will get a bit crazy for me to read!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">In this task, you will listen to another spoken word poem, this one by Sarah Kay. After watching her performance, you will answer two questions. You will watch and answer using quia, (the same program you use to take your vocab tests), and your responses will be scored.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext"> Online Task 3: Spoken Language Meaning **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Click here to go to quia <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">(remember, your username and password are on a sticker inside your language arts handbook)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">When you are done with all of the tasks, or if it is time for you to go to another station, click here to go back to the main poetry page.