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Scott, W. Clayton – Teaching Artist Journal, 2010
In this article, the author, a poet and teaching artist, shares how he successfully brought slam poetry to College Hill Middle School in Texarkana, Arkansas. In 2001 he discovered slam poetry--a poetry-reading format in which poets compete in dramatic readings of their works--and went to Slam Nationals in Seattle on the Arkansas slam team. He…
Descriptors: Poetry, Creative Writing, Middle Schools, Creative Activities