CONSULTING
Move The Class: Bring the power of poetic expression to your school community.
SPOKEN WORD PEDAGOGY
The Spoken Word workshop uses a student-centered approach to create an interactive, multi-modal, engaging educational environment. Through a democratized canon, students are exposed to culturally-relevant literature. By using these Mentor Texts, young people practice using literary devices and develop their writing and performance skills. Within longer-term workshop residencies, young people develop their critical reading, thinking, and writing skills, as they develop literary identities.
Studies report that arts integration approaches are successful in: “producing better attendance and fewer discipline problems, increased graduation rates, and improved test scores; motivating students who were difficult to reach otherwise; and providing challenges to more academically successful students.”
Fiske, E. (Ed.). (1999). Champions of change: the impact of the arts on learning. Washington, DC: The Arts Education Partnership and the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities
PROCESS
Choose between 3 options: Guest Speaker/Performer for 1-day, Performance Poetry Intensive for 1-2 weeks, or an In-School Residency for 8-10 weeks. Each option involves a performance, exposure to classic texts, and a workshop where students write and perform original poems.
SPOKEN WORD PEDAGOGY
The Spoken Word workshop uses a student-centered approach to create an interactive, multi-modal, engaging educational environment. Through a democratized canon, students are exposed to culturally-relevant literature. By using these Mentor Texts, young people practice using literary devices and develop their writing and performance skills. Within longer-term workshop residencies, young people develop their critical reading, thinking, and writing skills, as they develop literary identities.
Studies report that arts integration approaches are successful in: “producing better attendance and fewer discipline problems, increased graduation rates, and improved test scores; motivating students who were difficult to reach otherwise; and providing challenges to more academically successful students.”
Fiske, E. (Ed.). (1999). Champions of change: the impact of the arts on learning. Washington, DC: The Arts Education Partnership and the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities
PROCESS
Choose between 3 options: Guest Speaker/Performer for 1-day, Performance Poetry Intensive for 1-2 weeks, or an In-School Residency for 8-10 weeks. Each option involves a performance, exposure to classic texts, and a workshop where students write and perform original poems.
OPTION 1
GUEST SPEAKER/PERFORMER
Move The Class Program includes:
Contact Move The Class for pricing for Guest Speaker/Performer
GUEST SPEAKER/PERFORMER
Move The Class Program includes:
- - 1-day visit to your school or community
- - Performance & Speaking on the use of performance poetry as a means of personal expression and tool for engaging in critical dialogue
- - Workshop where students experiment writing and performing original poetry
Contact Move The Class for pricing for Guest Speaker/Performer
OPTION 2
PERFORMANCE POETRY INTENSIVE
Move The Class Program includes:
Contact Move The Class for pricing for Performance Poetry Intensive
PERFORMANCE POETRY INTENSIVE
Move The Class Program includes:
- - 1-2 week residency designed for special programs and intersessions
- - Exposure to classic and contemporary literature
- - Workshop where students draft, revise, and perform original poetry
- - Culminating student performance or slam poetry competition
- - Professional Development on integrating arts and inter-disciplinary programming
Contact Move The Class for pricing for Performance Poetry Intensive
OPTION 3
IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCY
Move The Class Program includes:
Contact Move The Class for pricing for In-School Residency
IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCY
Move The Class Program includes:
- - 8-10 week arts integration residency in ELA classroom
- - An inquiry-based, comprehensive curriculum where students use their own questions to develop original poetry
- - Exposure to classic and contemporary literature
- - A class set of "Growing Up Hip-Hop" with corresponding curriculum
- - Culminating student performance or slam poetry competition
- - Publishing of an Anthology of student poetry
- - Professional Development on integrating arts and inter-disciplinary programming
Contact Move The Class for pricing for In-School Residency
