Poetry and Bronx Masquerade Resources
Bronx Masquerade and Poetry Unit
Slam Poems:
The poetry of personal experience
"Average Black Girl" by Ernestine Johnson
Ben Payne at Verselandia "Shatter the Lies" 28:06
Lucinda Drake at Verselandia 2018
“Five Best and Worst Places to Cry”
"Your Result" by Lauren Steele 1:40:34
Lauryn Hill “Motives and Thoughts”
"S is for Lisp" George Watzsky
Poems(text):
”Message to a Friend” (Bronx p. 43)
“A Letter to my Mother” (Bronx p. 161)
"Shatter the Lies" by Ben Payne (text)
Handouts/Assignments/Other info:
Harlem Renaissance Presentation
Book: E-book and audio
Poems we are writing:
*Beneath the Surface poem:
Teacher models:
Student Models
When You Tell My Story Poem:
Your Result Poem:
poem: assignment, text, and pre-write
Other Models:
Honors:
Challenges:
Your Result poem (info above)
Poet/Poem research: Poetry Foundation Poet and Poem assignment