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Introduction to Spoken Word and Slam Poetry
May 16, 2019October 13, 2025

Today’s post is a collaboration brought to you by guest author, Joe Paris, and me, Melissa Smith. You can follow us on Twitter @ParisBMS and @MelAlterSmith. Joe has curated this amazing list of spoken word and slam poems to get your class started! He also wrote a post about organizing a slam at your school here. 1) What is Spoken Word?…

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Instilling a love for poetry with middle school slams
April 10, 2019October 27, 2025

Today’s post is brought to you by guest author, Joe Paris. You can follow Joe on Twitter @ParisBMS. Joe Paris has been teaching 8th grade Language Arts in northeast Ohio for 19 years. He and his colleagues began the spoken word project six years ago and it’s their favorite thing they do with students every year. Slam into Summer and into…

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