Year 9 - English
Creating a dynamic slam poetry performance
Creating and performing slam poetry
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils learn about slam poetry and practise performing it. They first learn what slam poetry is, before analysing and emulating the sounds used in slam poetry. They then plan and create a slam poem, before then developing their performance of it.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand how physicality can add to the confident delivery of a slam poem. you can be an effective audience member and provide feedback.
Key Notes
- Performing a slam poem is about more than just reading the words from a page, it is about giving a dynamic performance.
- Considering non-verbal features and physicality can elevate your performance.
- Annotating your poem with non-verbal features can be a useful way to help prepare for a performance.
- Audience participation is a part of slam poetry, but it must be respectful and supportive.
- It is ok to feel nervous before a performance. Considering your body language, posture and breath can help with nerves.
Vocabulary To Learn
- physicality: the use of body movements, gestures, and facial expressions to enhance the delivery of a presentation
- non-verbal features: the physical and vocal elements that enhance a performance beyond the words themselves
- dynamic: a lively and engaging performance, full of energy, to keep the audience interested
- pitch: the varied highness or lowness of a voice, can be used by a speaker can create drama, excitement, or tension
- pace: the speed at which something is spoken or delivered
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils get too nervous to perfom and find public speaking really daunting so they can't do it.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Performing a slam poem is about more than just reading the words from a page, it is about giving a dynamic performance. Considering non-verbal features and physicality can elevate your performance.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'physicality'
the use of body movements, gestures, and facial expressions to enhance the delivery of a presentation.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils get too nervous to perfom and find public speaking really daunting so they can't do it. Correction: Even the most confident speakers feel nervous! It is completely natural to feel nervous when public speaking. Practising and using specfic strategies will mean they will gradually begin to understand how to work with them.
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