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Warm Up

Take out anything you wrote during the workshops with Antoine.

Read over your writing and do some “two line editing.”

In two line editing, you either add two lines OR delete two lines.

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Today’s Game Plan

  • View and discuss spoken word videos
  • Individual work: focused writing OR collaging

Due Monday: Rough Draft of spoken word piece ready to edit and workshop.

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Analysis:

What social justice themes/issues are present in the piece?

What is the speaker’s intention? What do they want us to know?

  • Purpose
  • Theme
  • Agenda

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Spoken Word Videos

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Spoken Word Prompts

We belong to the culture of the new…

That colony is built on soil that came from _________ and _________.

Inside a country built like a courtroom, please remember to...

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Idea Collages: Social Justice or Culture

Create a collage using images and words to express a message about a specific social justice or culture.

As you are working on your collage, be intentional about your:

  • purpose
  • theme
  • agenda

The collage will be shown at our showcase but you should also think of it as inspiration for your spoken word work-in-progress.