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Sep 9, 2022 · To make poetry easily accessible for all students, I like to play videos of poems read out loud on a stage or accompanied by creative visuals and moving images in short films. It may be easier for students to comprehend a poem by ear rather than by eye.
Watch these National Final recitations and evaluate the strengths (and weaknesses!) of each, according to Poetry Out Loud evaluation criteria. Discuss the merits of these performances, which ones you like best and why and how the poems are different when read versus recited.
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I’ve put together a list of sonically rich poems with strong narrative hooks—and a few performance tips that will point students in the high school and college classroom and beyond to the pleasures of reciting poetry.
When done well, spoken word has the power to move and enthrall audiences, and it can be an incredible tool for amplifying voices less heard in the mainstream. I've collected a few videos of spoken word poems for you to enjoy -- by teachers, by students, or about issues in schools.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=vjulaDCR5iB8 Check out this recording which is over an hour long and find the poems you’re teaching in class. Morgan Freeman reads Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool,” Lynn Redgrave reads Chaucer’s “Prologue,” and John Lithgow reads Longfellow’s “A Psalm of Life.”
Students must have many opportunities to listen to poetry being read. This channel is full of poets reading their work, but in particular, this young woman’s reading is remarkable and will resonate with listeners. [contextly_auto_sidebar]
From All Def Poetry, this teacher poet shares a powerful exchange she had with other educators. It’s a little racy and loud, but students will see a whole other way to share poems.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vLjHORRHXtyI Every single high school English teacher I know has dreamed of doing this in his or her own classroom. Instead of having your students tear up their books, use this as a discussion-starter about why this teacher had his students do it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vJmkgAWAGtbE Use this 2-minute 30 second video as a quickie introduction to the poetry unit. Basic poetic elements are explained as well as several examples of figurative language and different types of poems.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vWPnmSnvIEug Everything your students need to know about poetry is explained in this five-minute video. Though it is not narrated, the definitions work, and this could be used in combination with a teacher-directed lesson.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vkbH9Og1YTFo The four elements of poetic form are explained via an overhead camera and teacher demonstration. She explains line, stanza, rhythm, and rhyme in poetry using “From Above” by Cale Young Rice.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vwG6Lf_mIgCY Need a quick way to explain to your students how to analyze poetry? This teacher goes into great detail about how she teaches her students the difficult art of poetry analysis.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=v70OEX3xTGL8 Super short and sweet, a teacher shares a few unique ways that she uses to teach her students poetry.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vI5lsuyUNu_4 The sometimes-difficult-to-understand iambic pentameter is explained in detail and celebrated in this five-minute video. Incredibly well-made and worth watching on repeat.
Download it here: Additional clips from our poetry lesson for KS2 and 2nd level pupils, exploring similes and metaphors, alliteration, onomatopeia and performance.
Mar 31, 2021 · Oxford student and poet, Hannah Ledlie, explains the art of performance poetry. Oxplore does not claim to own the rights to any of the live performance clips in this video. Credit goes to...
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