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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
Goodson, F. Todd; Goodson, Lori Atkins – Voices from the Middle, 2005
The authors acted on their belief that familiarity with text and repeated readings of it would help students with fluency, comprehension, and confidence. They assembled a list of "cuttings" excerpts of full-length books from which seventh-grade students could choose to prepare a public reading. After working alone, in pairs, and reading for a…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Fluency, Oral Interpretation, Reading Comprehension