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Some Ideas about Writing a Spoken Word Poem Tell a Story It can follow the same pattern as a conventional story exposition rising action climax falling action and resolution Start with a ID: 732336

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Express yourself through…Slide2

Some Ideas about Writing a Spoken Word Poem

Tell

a Story

- It can follow the same pattern as a conventional story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.Start with a “gateway line,” a single line that captures your theme. For example:“Do not keep the silence golden.”“Looking past Earth.”“Practice is failing on purpose.”Slide3

3. Now that

you

have a

gateway line, revisit the dramatic structure: What can I surround my line with? At this point you might make a list of a few plot options:A little boy learning to ride a bikeA guy practicing how he’s going to start a conversation with the girl of his dreamsA girl exploring the definition of true beautySlide4

4. Write your first draft.

For example, you decide

to write a piece about an eight-year-old boy who decides to try to ride his bike

without training wheels. Now, ask questions to expand that concept:What does he look like? Where is this? How long as he been trying to do this? Why is this important? Most importantly, why should my audience care about him?First draft:Age

eight with skinned knees bleeding from the last attempt he pushes two blue wheels uphill.

This

time.

Salt

touches his tongue as he tilts his face towards the summit. This was his Everest.

was done training. The two wheels sat lifeless in the garage watching him from a distance.

believed that with enough speed he could roll forever. The extra weight only slowed him down.

fought to push the past crashes from his mind as he trudged up Mount Failure.

This

was his practice.Slide5

5. Once you have a first draft, you may want to revise by adding some poetry devices and figurative language: rhyme, repetition, alliteration, personification, similes, metaphors, etc.

Second

draft:

Age eight, and skinned knees pleading he pushes two blue wheels uphill.This time.Salt touches tongue as dirt-faced determination drives him to the summit. His Everest.Two training wheels cry abandoned. Concrete floors and walls lined with tools can get so lonely.He believed that with enough speed he could roll forever.

Long

enough to run the errands that his mother couldn’t.

fought to push past crashes and knee slashes from his mind as he scaled Mount Failure.

This

was his practice.Slide6

I Don't Understand Poems

Write a poem about something that you don’t understandSlide7

I Don't Understand

Begin the poem with the following:

"I don’t understand...“List three

things you do not understand about the world or people.

Write