South LA SLAM RESOURCES by Jessica Nguyen https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM Welcome! Here you'll find: a bucket of best practices, tips on how to build a collaborative learning community, success stories & photos, contracts/documents, and media I've used to supplement curriculum. en-us 2018-10-29 16:32:03 UTC 2025-12-05 21:17:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Best Practices PPT from 8/7/18 SLAM Summit msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298252232 2018-10-29 20:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298252232 Final Class Survey msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298263539 2018-10-29 20:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298263539 2017-2018 LA Regional Student Poem Book msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298268094 2018-10-29 20:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298268094 Orientation/Credit 1 - Video introducing Get Lit msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298270070 2018-10-29 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298270070 Credit 1 - Video by Diane Lane to go with "A Message by Get Lit Founder" msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298270667 2018-10-29 20:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298270667 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 msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298272912 2018-10-29 21:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298272912 Credit 3 - Video of 2018 Classic Slam winner performing msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298274528 2018-10-29 21:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298274528 Credit 6 - Video of student performing classic poem "Let America Be America Again" msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298275889 2018-10-29 21:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298275889 Credit 3 - Biggie "Juicy" clean version for lyric analysis msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298276741 2018-10-29 21:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298276741 Credit 3 - Video of students performing "Phenomenal Woman" at Classic Slam msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298277094 2018-10-29 21:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298277094 Credit 4 - Video of Rapping Deconstructed (rhythm, stressed and unstressed syllables, etc) msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298278077 2018-10-29 21:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298278077 Credit 5 - Video of L4L student performing classic and response poems at 2018 Classic Slam msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298283339 2018-10-29 21:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298283339 Video of Maia Mayor performing original poem "Perfect" msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298284709 2018-10-29 21:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298284709 Video of Maia Mayor performing her original poem "Miseducation" msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298286319 2018-10-29 22:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298286319 Performance Ice Breaker: Zip Zap Zop msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298288914 2018-10-29 22:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298288914 GTKY Activity: 2 Truths and a Lie msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298289069 2018-10-29 22:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298289069 Parent-Student Contract to join course msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298298918 2018-10-29 23:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/298298918 Figurative Language Examples in Popular Music msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299092439 2018-10-31 17:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299092439 Figurative Language Wall Signs (Printable 8x11 signs) msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299092695 2018-10-31 17:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299092695 Parts of Speech Wall Signs (Printable 8x11 signs) msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299093433 2018-10-31 17:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299093433 Experiential Programs Instructional Model msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299600821 2018-11-01 21:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/299600821 Rinna's Pair Memorization Strategy msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316016559 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. ]]> 2018-12-19 20:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316016559 Marilynn's Box of Writing Prompts msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316021604 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.]]> 2018-12-19 20:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316021604 Writing Prompt Pictures from the New York Times msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316027499 2018-12-19 21:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316027499 Jessica's Anonymous Poem Competitions for Peer-Editing msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316027847 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.]]> 2018-12-19 21:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316027847 Successes Shared at PLC#1 msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316034602 - 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!]]> 2018-12-19 21:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/316034602 Mailer Letter about SLAM msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/319505579 2019-01-10 22:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/319505579 SLAM Site Flyer made on www.Postermywall.com msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/319505744 2019-01-10 22:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/319505744 1/17/19 MLK response poem msjnguyen86 https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/321898809 2019-01-17 20:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/321898809 2018-2019 South LA S.L.A.M. LA/LB/OC Student Poems https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/422360792 90+ pages of student poems in response to literary classics.]]> 2019-12-10 18:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/422360792 Whole-Class 3 Minute Meditations https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/422363063 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)]]> 2019-12-10 19:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/422363063 Memorization Activity https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/422363678 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. ]]> 2019-12-10 19:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/msjnguyen86/SouthLASLAM/wish/422363678