Students choose one of the spoken word poetry videos from earlier in the lesson or a favorite spoken word poem of their own. They are asked to infer what the poet’s history or time period, culture, or social issue is from their poem. They are also asked to discuss what might have affected the poet’s perspective and why they chose spoken word poetry as a medium of expression.
This assignment could be used as formative assessment to address any misconceptions at this point in the lesson, or it could be used in addition to the activity in the next module as part of the summative assessment.
The activity has been designed as a Canvas quiz in which students will submit their summary in a short answer format. The quiz has been configured as ungraded, but if this activity will be graded, update the point values for each essay question. Learn how to update Quiz Options.