Students for Spoken
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Students For Spoken:
A Middle School Program
As Part of The Gap Project and Poet Laureate missions, I propose a middle school supplemental program that brings spoken word poetry back to the classroom. Through…
providing written and recorded classroom resources that capture the essence of modern poetry
creating relationships with local writers and performers
organizing a performance opportunity at the end of the semester
Students for spoken Will equip participants with the tools they need to create and perform strong work of their own. Please view the proposed lesson plan below.
“‘How Much do you know about Shakespeare,’ I once asked a friend who has committed much of her life to studying the Bard. She replied, ‘Not as much as he knows about me.’ Remember this the next time someone tells you literature is useless.”
— “Don’t Turn Away From the Art of Life” by Arnold Weinstein