Slam & Group Piece

Today, please complete your first draft of your slam poem. Please print out and add Slam Poem Draft to your heading.

If you finish early, choose 1-3 other members for a performance group. You will be writing and performing a group performance poem. To get an idea as to what to write, do the following:

In your group, take 2 minutes and list possible ideas for a theme or subject in your journal. After the 2-minute time limit, stop and share your lists with each other. Find common ground that the entire group would care to write about.

Each writer/performer must write at least one stanza of the poem. Of course the entire group can help write the details and provide suggestions or guidance. In performance, each member of the group will have a solo. Additionally, there should be a choral element to the piece (a repeated line that all members speak, etc.) Consider the use of sound effects and staging when rehearsing and preparing your performance.

The group piece is not due yet. We will work on it the week we return from Thanksgiving break.

HOMEWORK: Nothing. Unless you haven't completed your previous work. Please complete all late or missing assignments.

Coffehouse Dec. 8 at 7:00.