Beats and rhymes 

Write and perform a rap or slam poem

Student drama and public speaking resource developed by The Arts Unit

Years 7-10 drama and public speaking

Your students will:

• explore the importance of vocal skills and expression in performance

• devise and enact drama using a script and unscripted material

• perform to communicate dramatic meaning.

Supporting EAL/D students

This lesson would work well for EAL/D students as it develops clarity of expression and uses forms of performance that are familiar in popular culture. 

You could use this lesson as a starting point for students to tell their own stories and express their ideas and feelings about their experiences.

Drama 7–10 Syllabus

• 4.1.3: devises and enacts drama using scripted and unscripted material.

• 4.2.1: uses performance skills to communicate dramatic meaning.

• 4.3.2: recognises the function of drama and theatre in reflecting social and cultural aspects of human experience.

Collection of student work 

• Google Form: create a Google form with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create. Email this form to your students with the Creative Class link and all your student responses will be combined in a Google sheet.

• Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your Google Classroom with activities and/or questions. Students can also upload any files they create.  

• MS Teams: create a quiz or assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create. 

• Email: ask your students to email you any responses and files they create.

• Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create 'grids' to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is a message board where teachers can pose questions called 'topics'. Students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. 

• Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used for class feedback.

For further support on how to create these resources

• Get started with Google Forms

• Create a Google Classroom Assignment

• Assign quizzes to students  through Microsoft Teams 

• Create an assignment in Microsoft Teams

• Educators – getting started with Flipgrid

• Get started with Jamboard