Write On: poetry slam

Support pupils to discover and grow a love of writing through these creative poetry resources.

Students write their own original poems expressing their thoughts on attitudes towards young people in today’s society. You could go one step further and have students perform their work in a poetry slam. 

The following resources are available to download to support the challenge:

• A toolkit for running a poetry slam in your school
• A scheme of work to integrate the task into lesson time. There are 12 lesson plans that could be used in English, tutor time, Citizenship or PSHE lessons plus supporting resources:
  • Write On stimulus poems 
  • Information about the four Write On poets
  • “The Power of Music” PowerPoint presentation
  • Poetic techniques card sort
  • Poetic techniques definitions
  • Poetry grid
  • Storyboard template

These resources were created in partnership with the Author’s Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) for a competition we ran in 2012.