1. SLAM I am
2017

2. Sonnet 18 - William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

3. The world has held great Heroes, As history-books have showed;
The Song of Mr. Toad by Kenneth Grahame
The world has held great Heroes,
As history-books have showed;
But never a name to go down to fame
Compared with that of Toad
The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them knew one half as much
As intelligent Mr Toad!
The animals sat in the Ark and cried,
Their tears in torrents flowed.
Who was it said, “There’s land ahead?”
Encouraging Mr Toad!
The Army all saluted
As they marched along the road.
Was it the King? Or Kitchener?
No. It was Mr Toad!
The Queen and her Ladies-in-waiting
Sat at the window and sewed.
She cried, “Look! who’s that handsome man?”
They answered, “Mr Toad.”

4. Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

5. W. H. Auden
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

6. In partners, discuss. Have one person record answers. Prepare to share.
Are these poems? What makes them poems?
What are the common characteristics of all these poems?
Which is your favourite? Why?
A question we have is...

7. Watch the following video and be prepared to answer the same questions

9. Marshall Davis Jones’s “Touchscreen”
Do you agree with Mr. Jones’s message?
Is this a “poem?” What makes it a poem?
Do you prefer this poem to the other poems? Why or why not?
A question we have is...

10. Favourite Songwriter or lyrics?
Discuss with your partner
Why?
Class Shareout

11. The Canadian Master - Shane Koyczan (grew up in Penticton)

12. Share out with a partner
Does Mr. Koyczan have a message? If so, what is it?
Is this a “poem?” What makes it a poem?
What figurative language techniques did Mr. Koyczan use in his poem?
A question we have is...

13. You’ll be creating slam poems in a few classes and performing them to the class
But first, you need an idea on what you want to write about

14. How do I get ideas from my head into the final product
How do I get ideas from my head into the final product? (Gayle Peevey Vid)
Brainstorm ideas on a web
Write down sentences, alliteration, rhymes, metaphors, etc.
Lego-time: putting the pieces together
Revise
Read
Tweak
Trim the fat
Get feedback
Smile a bit
Rock it!!

15. Share-out Simple Successes
Graffiti Wall
Alliteration
Metaphor
Rhyme
(Write an intriguing line with alliteration, or one that uses a clever metaphor, or one that uses a brilliant rhyme) and then write it on the board

16. What is the message? What is the emotion?
What do you want the audience to get out of your SLAM?
What is the purpose or goal?
What emotion will be in your SLAM?
What emotion do you want your audience to feel?
SuHuPu – share with another person. Repeat 3X and sit down.

17. End Day 2
If time, start crafting poem

18. Help for Ideas Silent Help Activity Examples Stories
I will give you various ideas to write down on your paper.
Examples
Stories
Comparisons to thing people know: movies, songs, people
Extreme examples

19. How do you take it from a boring paragraph to a powerful SLAM?
Brainstorm and Shareout

20. Rhyme RhymeZone.com Rhymer.com noun: rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
RhymeZone.com
Rhymer.com

21. End Rhyme = when the last syllables within a verse rhyme
Ex.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly.
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

22. Internal Rhyme
I'm six-foot-one and I'm tons of fun and I dress to a T You see, I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously I got body guards, I got two big cars, I definitely ain't the whack I got a Lincoln Continental and a sun-roofed Cadillac So after school, I take a dip in the pool, which is really on the wall I got a color TV, so I can see the Knicks play basketball

23. Example #2 of Internal Rhyme
My unusual style will confuse you a while If I were water, I'd flow in the Nile So many rhymes you won't have time to go for yours Just because of applause I have to pause Right after tonight is when I prepare To catch another sucker-duck MC out there My strategy has to be tragedy, catastrophe And after this you'll call me your majesty...[

24. Before I could Rhyme Video

26. What is a simile? What is a metaphor? What is the difference?
SUHUPU

27. Simile or Metaphor They both compare things. What is the difference?
Simile (like or as)
Metaphor
She is as sweet as candy.
Bob runs like a deer.
She slept like a log.
He is as thin as a rail.
My dad is a bear.
The bar of soap was a slippery eel.
He hogged the road.

28. Finding Metaphors
Watch Sarah Kay’s ‘Brother’ and see if you can find examples of metaphors and similes.
Lyrics: ohsarahkay.tumblr.com/brother
Brother vid on playlist

30. Hyperbole An overstatement Obvious and intentional exaggeration
The hardest skill in the world to master ;)

31. Examples If I can’t get a Smartphone, I will die.
He knows everything about math.
I had a ton of homework to do.
I have told you a million times to 45 your computer.
His stomach is a bottomless pit.
It will only take me two seconds to get there.
_________ never stops talking.

33. Come up with a hyperbole.
Share it out with a partner that has a hair colour similar to you.

34. Imagery Touch - Tactile Smell - Olfactory Taste - Gustatory
Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
Touch - Tactile
Smell - Olfactory
Taste - Gustatory
Hearing – Auditory
Sight - Visual

37. Shareout: Choose one line or verse that contains a poetic device and that you are proud of.
Partner Share
Class Share
Window Write

38. Day 4: SLAM Rubric
Overview and Questions

39. Written Examples Assessment Activity
Read over the 4 poems by yourself quietly
Make notes of any lines, words, verses, devices that you really like or dislike
Share your thoughts with a partner when you finished
Grade your 4 poems as a group (come to a consensus)
Use Exceeding Expectations, Meeting Expectations, Approaching Expectations
Class Shareout – (Stand-up)
Rank the poems as well. 1=Best 4=Worst

40. 4 Corner Activity Which was your group’s top ranked poem?
Birds of a Feather
I Like Poetry
Live on and Be Proud
Blank Space

41. Group Shareout What did you like? What did you notice?
What would you improve?

42. SLAM BATTLE: Analyze the Visual Exemplars
Taking my Ball (Scott)
Shane Koyczan
+ (Good)
- (Improve)
? (Questions)
☺ (Emotion) + - ? ☺

43. Work Time Write down Ideas to meet Goals
How will you write it powerfully?
How will you present it powerfully?
Who can you go to for help?
What should you do before next class?

44. Presentation Skill Day

45. I can present my piece in a powerful and purposeful manner that evokes an emotional response.
What do you need to know?
Write it in the first box.

46. Need to Know: how to speak loudly
how to “evoke” (get) emotion from your audience
how do you use your voice in a strong way?
what kind of emotional response do you want to get from your audience?
how are you going to make your SLAM powerful?

47. Presentation Tips Skill development: Volume, Speed, Pauses,
Eye Contact,
Gestures
Props
Skill Practice and Shareout
Nault/Hayhurst SLAM
Decide on your SLAM format (video analysis)
Apply new skills to your SLAM
prank,

48. Push Video: What do you notice? What do you like?
How would you improve it?

49. Volume Do some parts need to be louder or quieter?
What effect does it have?

50. Speed
Does speed change the intensity? How?
A/B Share

51. Pauses Where might you want to add a pause?
How long should the pause be?

52. Eye Contact Who should you look at? Can you read off of your paper?
What is bad eye contact?

53. Does it make it more powerful? Video: Push What makes it better/worse?
Gestures/Movement
Be purposeful
Does it make it more powerful?
Video: Push
What makes it better/worse?

54. Props?
Is there something that can help you make a point?
Is it included smoothly?

55. Fireworks Speech

56. Practice Lyrics
Using the provided lyrics, find ways to alter the reading of the poems so that you can make them more powerful.

57. Which is most powerful? Why?
On Girls Lending Pencils
First Reading
Rehearsed Reading
Visual Presentation

58. Options for Handing In
Post video to Freshgrade next Monday
Perform in class on Wednesday
Hand in completed Yellow/pink sheet to teacher with your proof.

59. Feedback for Nault & Hayhurst

60. To-Do To-Day ☺ Mark where you will have a pause (P, p)
Mark where your volume goes up (V) and where it may go down (v)
Mark where speed changes occur (S,s) or (F, S)
What gestures can improve your slam? (make notes)
Visuals for technology choice

61. Idea Brainstorm
Take 4 minutes and write as many words/ideas as possible on your sheet of paper
Number your group members from 1-4
Person 1 shares their ideas and the rest of the group spends 2 minutes helping them
Repeat with next person
Spend five minutes quietly adding more ideas

62. What else have you learned?
to follow through with a very tough task
to overcome your fears
to edit and edit until you are proud
to do work at home because you wanted to
to share your inner thoughts and feelings
to be open minded to other’s thoughts and feelings
to be creative with words beyond what you thought you could be
that your teacher is proud of you!

63. On Stickee What are you proud of? What are you worried about?
What might help with overcoming this?
Place the stickee on your yellow sheet in the Process Section of the last “I Can... present in a purposeful and powerful..”

64. Small Audience Share Get into groups of four
Person with the shortest hair goes first.
They read it and the other 3 give constructive feedback (2 Stars and a Wish)
That person chooses the next person to go.
Repeat until done.
Then go back and use the feedback to practice.
Repeat with others if you like.