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Key Stage Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Post-16
School Subject English, History, Literacy
Resource Type
Classroom activity

What is spoken word and how can we use it to express how we feel? Watch the videos below to find out more about the art form, and learn how to write spoken word poetry.

Watch a spoken word performance

Listen to poet Tatiana Ellis perform her powerful piece inspired by the biography of Olaudah Equiano - African, slave, author, abolitionist.

Create your own spoken word performance

Learn what spoken word is and follow these three simple steps to create your own poem.

We'd love to see what you create! Share your spoken word poem with us: learning@rmg.co.uk.

 

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