Good Afternoon,

Today, we will be starting Spoken Word as well as continuing to work on our essay for The True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Head’s Up:  Homework check.  We will be coming by to make sure your essay is on track.  The following should be complete.

1.  Essay Outline (intro and Body #1)
2. “Say Mean Matter” Worksheet for the first two quotes that would be in body #1.

*Thesis Statements:  We will practice Thesis Statements (if you cannot write on the document below, please do it on a separate word doc.   You may need to split screens…

Homework:

1.  If the Writing Thesis Statements Document is not complete during class, please complete at home.
2. Essay Outline Body #2:  please complete this paragraph on your outline
3. Say Mean Matter Worksheet:  Please add in two more quotes that will be used to support your ideas in Body paragraph #2.
4. Spoken Word:  start to think of ideas/topics that you will use in your spoken word.

-Spoken word criteria:  We will have some overlap in our units due to timing –but I wanted you to have enough time to work on this.

The first document below is an old document but there are a few things I would like to talk to you about regarding spoken word.

secondary-public-speaking

poetry-slam-and-performing-poetry

spoken-word-rant-or-this-i-believe-worksheet

Sarah Key

“Jellyfish”

“Hands”

“When Love Arrives”

“Somewhere in America”

Taylor Mali “What do teachers make?”

Martin Luther King

-We will be working on Spoken word:  we will look at a few samples of Rants…

 

 

 

*Spoken Word:  Brainstorming activitiy

Warm up spoken word free write activity:  Practice writing with imagery that includes all five senses.  Students describe an abstract or intangible entity using all senses:  what do they look, sound, smell, taste and feel like?

Examples:  Choose 2 of the following examples and write for five minutes each using imagery/sensory language.

a. homesickness

b. grief

c. love

d. joy

e. emptiness

f.  time

g. envy

Spoken Word Activities:

*Techniques for Creating Word Play

*Word Play Activity