Here is the spoken word poetry text we watched this week, from the 2010 Brave New Voices competition:
Discussion:
1) Pick two of the questions below and answer them tonight by posting below.
What are these spoken word artists saying? What is their main idea?
Why do you think they chose to title their poem the way they did?
What do you think of HOW the artists perform their poem? Why?
What are your personal reactions to this text?
2) Read your classmates' contributions and comment on one that particularly interests you.