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Students will participate in a mock poetry slam competition where they create and perform an original spoken word piece about a social justice issue. The piece must reference influential historical and current figures addressing the issue, the present state of the issue, how it impacts the student and others, and a potential solution. Performances will be evaluated on conveying understanding of the issue, providing solutions, applying real world examples, and confidence in presentation.

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Culminating Task Handout

Students will participate in a mock poetry slam competition where they create and perform an original spoken word piece about a social justice issue. The piece must reference influential historical and current figures addressing the issue, the present state of the issue, how it impacts the student and others, and a potential solution. Performances will be evaluated on conveying understanding of the issue, providing solutions, applying real world examples, and confidence in presentation.

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ENG3C Culminating Task

The classroom will be transformed into a mock poetry slam competition. You
are to create a spoken word piece using the social justice issue that you chose for
your concrete poem assessment. This piece will be performed in a mock poetry
slam.

You must make reference to:

- 3 Historical and current racialized individuals that were and are


changemakers, the voices that began bringing attention to your social issue

- The present status of the social issue today. What does it look like today? Is it
any better or worse? The same?

- How this issue affects and/or impacts you and/or people important to you

- One potential solution OR mention a solution that is already in progress

Poetry Slam Rules:

- Cannot exceed 3 minutes and 10 seconds

- Must be an original piece; will be on lookout for plagiarism

- No props
Success Criteria:

To successfully complete my culminating task, I will:

❏ Ensure that my chosen social issue is something I care about


❏ Use all of the available class time to fulfill all of the requirements for this
assignment
❏ Develop feelings of comfort and confidence in my spoken word skills and
capabilities
❏ Have a good understanding as to how I will present my piece by having
consolidated with my teacher and peers
❏ Feel much more comfortable and safe to participate with my peers in this
activity
❏ Demonstrate respect towards my peers by listening and encouraging them
when they are presenting
❏ Feel the positive energy within the classroom that real poetry slams entail
❏ Feel capable of participating in a real slam competition if I’d like in the future

Rubric:

Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

Knowledge/
Understanding - History and - History and - History and - History and
current status current status current status current status
of social issue of social issue of social issue of social issue
are effectively are presented are somewhat are minimally
presented presented presented
- ​Spoken
- ​Spoken word - Spoken
word structure and - ​Spoken word
structure and performance word structure and
performance rules are structure and performance
/10 rules are evident performance rules are not
outstandingly rules are evident
evident somewhat
evident

Thinking/Inquir -Outstandingl - Solution is


y y provides - Provides - Brief not expressed
solution solution solution

/5
Application - - Applies - Some - No
Phenomenall current status application of application of
y applies of social issue current status current status
current status using national of social of social
/10 of social issue and issue, issue,
using national international nationally nationally
and examples and/or and/or
international internationally internationally
examples

Communication - Phenomenal - Explanation - Unclear - No


explanation and explanation explanation
and description of and and
description of social issue description of description of
social issue social issue social issue
/5 - Confidence
- Incredible reciting poem - Some - No
confidence confidence confidence
reciting poem reciting poem reciting poem

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