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ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: You and the Poetry Slam, Part II 15 Activity 2: Small Group Planning 25 Activity 3: What Next? 10 Faith in Action: Practicing the Choral Reading 40 Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Rainy Day Plan 50...October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry -
A goal without a plan is just a wish. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery In today's workshop, you will continue to plan for the Poetry Slam. If after the workshop you feel the need for additional planning time, establish a time to reconvene. If you are doing a fund-raiser during the Poetry Slam, do not...October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Provide books, handouts, and other resources to allow participants a choice of poems for the activity (see Find Out More for suggestions) Preparation for Activity Write on newsprint: What do you think the poem is about? How does it make you feel?...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Print-outs of the poems to be read aloud Poetry anthologies suitable for youth (see Find Out More for suggestions) Paper and pencils or computer and printer for writing during the workshop Newsprint and markers Preparation for Activity Familiarize...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint and markers Journals Preparation for Activity Write the date, time, and place for the Poetry Slam on the newsprint. You could also list the discussion questions (see Description of Activity, below, for the questions). Be ready to direct...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Pencils or pens and journals Optional: Computers and printers Preparation for Activity Decide how much time you can give participants for writing and be sure to have a clock on hand....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Recording or live computer link of poetry read aloud Print-outs of the poems to be heard DVD or CD player or computer with Internet connection Poetry anthologies suitable for youth (see Find Out More for suggestions) Paper and pencils or computer a...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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I cannot tell you what I am going to do until I can tell you the story or stories that I am part of. — Alisdair McIntire, 20th-century philosopher and virtue ethicist We need not think alike to love alike. — Francis David (c. 1510-1579), founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania IN TODAY'S...Taking It Home | October 27, 2011 | For Families | From A Chorus of Faiths -
Youth Speaks Online is the nation's leading non-profit presenter of spoken word performance, education, and youth development programs. The Library of Congress poetry page has links that enable you to listen to poetry read aloud. Glazner, Gary Mex, ed....October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Planning a performance for workshop participants is a big job. Take time to check in with your co-leader on how each of you is feeling. Is the work divided evenly between you? Do you both feel the preparation is going as planned? If not, what can you do to get plans on track?...October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice Singing the Living Tradition Description of Activity Use the Closing designed by your group or the one provided below....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Optional: 8.5 x 11 inch paper and art materials for creating flyers A box or basket to collect submissions Description of Activity Participants prepare to add a choral reading that will involve the congregation in the Poetry Slam....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Description of Activity Use the Opening designed by your group or the one provided below. Gather around the chalice....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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This workshop begins the preparations for a Poetry Slam. Asking youth to perform for non-peers is a challenge. Think back to such a performance you might have had in your youth or childhood. Did you volunteer to perform or was it thrust upon you? Were you anxious during your preparations?...October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: Poetry Out Loud 15 Activity 2: Speaking Our Own Words 20 Activity 3: You and the Poetry Slam, Part I 15 Faith in Action: Planning a Choral Reading 20 Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Poetry Out Loud 15 Alternate Activity 2: The Spoken Word 20...October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words....October 27, 2011 | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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When you get to the top of the mountain Pull the next one up. Then there’ll be two of you Roped together at the waist Tired and proud, knowing the mountain, Knowing the human force it took To bring both of you there. And when the second one has finished taking in the view, Satisfied by the heat...Handout | By Marc Kelly Smith | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Materials for Activity Journals and pens or pencils Description of Activity Participants review their journals and finish incomplete work. As the date for the Poetry Slam approaches, encourage participants to use whatever time remains at the end of the workshops to review the writing in their...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Journals and pens or pencils Preparation for Activity Post the list of poet's tools from Workshop 1, Listening and Speaking with Poetry, where it can be seen by all: Figurative Language Form, Line, Stanza Sound, Rhythm, Repetition Tone and Form...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Small slips of paper Journals and pens or pencils Several envelopes, bowls, boxes-anything in which to collect the slips of paper-one container per category you choose Preparation for Activity In this activity, you will ask participants to contribu...Activity | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From Exploring Our Values Through Poetry