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All students stand in a circle and one student is selected to be the first story teller. The students will engage in telling a story with each student in the circle adding a detail to the story. The first student starts with a story frame such as: "When I go to Alaska, I make sure I bring...a beanie".

Then, the student to their right will add an item to the list by repeating what the previous student said and adding the second item such as  "a jacket".

All the students will add an item and each student must repeat what the previous students added to the list. By the end of the presentation, the list will be as long as the number of students that were in the circle.

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www.headspace.com

I begin my first 5 classes with a mediation and make sure to explain the benefits of meditation to the students. After a few whole-class meditations, I do not make it mandatory anymore. Rather, I ask students if they want to meditate each day. Usually, they request meditation because they enjoy it.

They have said that mediation helps them to feel more calm, focused, and relaxed.

(my students prefer the 3 minute basic meditation on headspace for beginners)

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2018-2019 South LA S.L.A.M. LA/LB/OC Student Poems

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2018-2019 South LA S.L.A.M. LA/LB/OC Student Poems

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90+ pages of student poems in response to literary classics.

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Complete 2019 South LA SLAM student poems book

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Daydreaming performed by poet Khamal Iwuanyanwu

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SLAM Site Flyer made on www.Postermywall.com

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SLAM Site Flyer made on www.Postermywall.com

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- New students are interested in SLAM class!
- 7 out of 8 students stayed in the class!
- Attendance has improved from all students in the cohort!
- SLAM class has become a 5 member girl group and as a result, they are opening up more! Laughter, tears, and actual learning!
- Class is a safe space for students and other students are very curious about the class!
- Students are identifying rhetorical techniques so they can analyze text!
- Students who are normally shy and independent have made like-minded friends and they are hanging out outside of school too!
- Some students are engaged and have been memorizing their poems!
- Students are learning about social issues through memorizing/dissecting their poems!

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Writing Prompt Pictures from the New York Times

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Writing Prompt Pictures from the New York Times

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A Year of Picture Prompts: Over 160 Images to Inspire Writing (Published 2017)

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These short, accessible, image-driven posts feature photographs and illustrations from The Times, and invite a variety of written or spoken responses.

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To get creativity flowing, Marilynn has students choose from a box of prompts and respond to them in a notebook. Many of you asked for Marilynn's writing prompts. We do not have her exact ones but here are 500 Personal and Narrative Writing Prompts from the New York Times.

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To facilitate memorization, Rinna has students memorize their poems in pairs. While one student recites a poem, the student's partner reviews the note cards for the poem to check for errors.

Attached is a tracker that would allow students to tally and track each other's memorization in a competitive way. The goal is to have the least amount of memorization errors each week.

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Jessica's Anonymous Poem Competitions for Peer-Editing

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Jessica's Anonymous Poem Competitions for Peer-Editing

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To help students open up to each other and feel comfortable peer-editing, I have students give feedback to each other anonymously after the first draft of their response poems. I have students email me their poems typed, then I format them so they are all the same format and remove the names so that only I know who wrote each poem. I staple these poems together in a packet and give them to each student.

Students must write their name on the packet and give 3 pieces of constructive criticism to each poem in the packet. Students write and annotate directly onto the poems. They also have to choose their top 2 poems from the packet and write why those poems were their favorites. Afterward, students enjoy reading each other's feedback and having their poems selected by other classmates as their favorites.

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Parts of Speech Wall Signs (Printable 8x11 signs)

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Parts of Speech Wall Signs (Printable 8x11 signs)

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Figurative Language Wall Signs (Printable 8x11 signs)

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Figurative Language Wall Signs (Printable 8x11 signs)

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Figurative Language Examples in Popular Music

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Figurative Language Examples in Popular Music

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Two Truths and a Lie: Ideas, Examples, and Instructions

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Two Truths and a Lie is a great game for anyone and for almost any situation. Here's how to play the game, how to make it more fun, and examples of things you could say.

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Try "Zip Zap Boing." In this variation, a player can choose to raise both hands in front of their bodies at chest height and say: "Boing" when they are sent a Zip, Zap or Zop. When this happens, the move bounces back to whomever passed it. Thus the progression might sound like "Zip-Zap-Boing-Zap-Zop-Zip-Boing-Zip" etc.

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Orientation/Credit 1 - Video introducing Get Lit 

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Orientation/Credit 1 - Video introducing Get Lit 

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Credit 1 - Video by Diane Lane to go with "A Message by Get Lit Founder"

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Credit 1 - Video by Diane Lane to go with "A Message by Get Lit Founder"

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Credit 2 - Video of Khamal performing  classic poem "Blink Your Eyes" & response poem "Black Boy" as introduction to claiming a poem that means something to you 

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Credit 2 - Video of Khamal performing  classic poem "Blink Your Eyes" & response poem "Black Boy" as introduction to claiming a poem that means something to you 

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Khamal Iwuanyanwu - "Blink Your Eyes" & "Black Boy"

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Credit 3 - Video of students performing "Phenomenal Woman" at Classic Slam

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Credit 3 - Video of students performing "Phenomenal Woman" at Classic Slam

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Classic Slam 2012: "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou

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Credit 3 - Biggie "Juicy" clean version for lyric analysis

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Credit 3 - Biggie "Juicy" clean version for lyric analysis

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The Notorious B.I.G - Juicy (CLEAN) [HQ]

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Credit 3 - Video of 2018 Classic Slam winner performing 

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Credit 3 - Video of 2018 Classic Slam winner performing 

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"Ever Since I Came Out" at Get Lit Classic Slam at the Ace Hotel 4.28.18

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Credit 4 - Video of Rapping Deconstructed (rhythm, stressed and unstressed syllables, etc)

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Credit 4 - Video of Rapping Deconstructed (rhythm, stressed and unstressed syllables, etc)

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Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time

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Credit 5 - Video of L4L student performing classic and response poems at 2018 Classic Slam

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Credit 5 - Video of L4L student performing classic and response poems at 2018 Classic Slam

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Credit 6 - Video of student performing classic poem "Let America Be America Again"

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Credit 6 - Video of student performing classic poem "Let America Be America Again"

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Slam 10: "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes

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L4L South LA Final 2017-2018 Get Lit Student Poems

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Video of Maia Mayor performing original poem "Perfect"

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Video of Maia Mayor performing original poem "Perfect"

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Best Practices PPT from 8/7/18 SLAM Summit

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Best Practices PPT from 8/7/18 SLAM Summit

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Video of Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Miseducation"

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Video of Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Miseducation"