10 Word! (1)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Granville Island Stage
$17 / $8.50 for student groups
Three award winners appear together for this event―and no one knows what might happen! Halifax’s Poet Laureate Shauntay Grant joins 2009 Vancouver Poetry Slam’s Grand Slam Champion RC Weslowski and Sasha Langford, Vancouver’s representative to the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Detroit, for a morning of creativity and fast talking. This spoken word, poetry and storytelling on the fly not only pushes the boundaries of “what is poetry” but also encompasses all manner of word-based art. Spread the word!
(This event is repeated on Thursday afternoon.)
Suitable for grades 10 to 12 and adults
View the study guide for this event.
Word! (1)
Three award winners appear together for this event―and no one knows what might happen! Halifax’s Poet Laureate Shauntay Grant joins 2009 Vancouver Poetry Slam’s Grand Slam Champion RC Weslowski and Sasha Langford, Vancouver’s representative to the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Detroit, for a morning of creativity and fast talking. This spoken word, poetry and storytelling on the fly not only pushes the boundaries of “what is poetry” but also encompasses all manner of word-based art. Spread the word!
Curriculum Connection:
• explore poetry as another medium of written and spoken expression.
• examine poetry as a medium to express commentary on current social issues.Activities:
1. Pass out a section of the current day’s newspaper to each of your students. Give your students about 20-25 minutes to skim through the pages and highlight any phrases that catch their eye. They should have about 5-7 phrases each.
2. Once they have their phrases, give them long sections of adding machine tape and a marker. Have them copy their phrases onto strips of adding machine tape.3. Next, put them into groups of 4 or 5. Together they lay their strips on the floor. As a group they work together to come up with a poem working only with the strips they have chosen. The strips cannot be altered in any way.
4. When they are finished, they can tape or glue their poem onto a large piece of construction paper and present the poem.
5. Hold a spoken word cabaret, challenging other classes to a slam, based on this lesson.
