Unheard Words: Teenage Poetry Slam

Unheard Words: Teenage Poetry Slam

Ur Secret Escape

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Rugged Old Soul of Mine

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My Annoying Parents

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Love, Lust & Marriage

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The Power Within

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From the title, we know the audience for this collection of poems is teenagers. Can you predict the themes of the poems?

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Remember to clarify any vocabulary you may not know. There are words underlined in the poems which have definitions provided in the glossary.

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As you read each poem, coaches will prompt you to question, reflect and summarize your thoughts on the authors motif, word choice and confirm or reject your predictions.

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