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Spoken word poetry key Stage 3 LeSSon pLanKS3 Key concepts - Learning Objectives•1.1cDemonstratingasecureunderstandingoftheconventionsofwrittenlanguage,including grammar,spellingandpunctuation•1.2bUsinginventiveapproachestomakingmeaning,takingrisks,playingwithlanguageandusingittocreateneweffects•1.4cExploringothers’ideasanddevelopingtheirown•2.3cGenerateandharnessnewideasanddevelopthemintheirwriting•2.3fUseimaginativevocabularyandvariedlinguisticandliterarytechniquestoachieveparticulareffects•2.3qUseplanning,drafting,editing,proof-readingandself-evaluationtoshapeandcrafttheirwritingformaximumeffect•2.3vSignalsentencestructurebyeffectiveuseofthefullrangeofpunctuationmarkstoclarifymeaning•4.3aDevelopindependenceinwriting•4.3eEvaluateandrespondconstructivelytotheirownandother’swriting•4.3iWriteforcontextsandpurposesbeyondtheclassroom

Preparation WorkYou’llneedtodownloadthefreevideosandhelpsheetfromourwebsitewww.poetryrivals.com.ThevideosshowMarkGristandMixy,whotogetherperformasthe‘DeadPoets’.Theexamplesoftheirworkaretohelpinspireyourpupils.Youcaneitherprepareoneenlargedcopyofthehelpsheet(freedownload)fortheclasstoreferto,orprovideacopyforeachpupil.You’llalsoneedtodecidewhichminipoetrytechniqueworkshops(onthereverseofthislessonplan)toincludeinthelesson.Wesuggesttwo,butyoucanincludeasmanyasyoulike.

IntroductionExplaintoyourclassthattheywillbewritingapoemforthePoetryRivalscompetition,whichcouldseethemperformingtheirpoemasaspokenwordartist.Showavideo.

Main Teaching ActivityAskyourclassiftheyhaveanyquestionsbeforemovingontothetechniquesneededforspokenwordpoetry.Remindyourclassthatspokenwordpoetryneedspersonalinvolvementandperhapssuggestacoupleofideas.Nowyouneedtoworkthroughoneoftheminiworkshopsprovidedonthereverseofthislessonplan.Makenotesontheboard. Next,watchthe2shortadditionalvideos,whichalsoshowprofessionalspokenwordpoets,MarkGristandMixy,performingtheirpoems.Askyourpupilsiftheyhaveanyquestionsorsuggestionsandmakenotesontheboardbeforemovingontoanotherminiworkshop.Nowaskyourpupilstowritetheirownpoems,whichcanbeperformedinafuturelesson.

PlenaryThisisa5-10minuteactivity.Oncepupilshavewrittentheirownpoemaskthemtoworkinpairs.Theyaretoreadtheirpoemtotheirpartner.Theirpartneristoprovidefeedback;somethingtheylikeaboutthepoemandasuggestiononhowitcouldbeimproved.

Differentiation•Forlessablepupilsdiscussandagreetheirpoem’ssubjectandalsoselectthepoetrytechniquestobeincluded. Ifnecessary,suggestlessablepupilsworkinpairs,orasmallgroup,tocreatetheirpoem.•Tochallengemoreablepupilswhohaveaflairforlanguage,poetrywritingandtechnicalabilitysuggestapoetic formtheyhavetouse.Alternatively,suggesttheywritetheirpoemincharacter.

NotesThisisaone-houractivity.Alternatively,introductoryworkcanbedoneinclass(20-30minutes)andthepoemcanbewrittenashomework.Thislessonplancanstandaloneasapoetrywritingactivity,oryoucanchoosetodevelopthepoemsintospokenwordperformancesinafuturelesson(s).TheSpokenWordMiniWorkshops,whichfeaturekeytechniquesneededforaspokenwordperformance,havebeenwrittenbyspokenwordpoetandteacher,MarkGrist,www.markgrist.com.Spokenwordperformancesareanexcellentwayofbringingpupils’poetrytolife,toencouragepositiveparticipationandtohelppupilsdevelopconfidenceinthemselvesaswellastheirwork.

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