Course curriculum

  • 1

    Training Resources for Reconstructors: Please review BEFORE your first session

    • Training Recording

    • Training Presentation Slides

    • Reconstructor Training Tutorials
  • 2

    Orientation Lesson: Use this during the first 20 minutes of your first class BEFORE starting session one material.

    • Orientation Lesson Video: Watch First!

    • Orientation Lesson Plan

    • Orientation Jamboard
  • 3

    Session 1: What is spoken word?

    • What is spoken word? Plan and Instructions

    • What is spoken word? Materials

    • What is spoken word? Video
  • 4

    Session 2: Identity Poems

    • Identity Poems Plan and Instructions

    • Identity Poems Materials
  • 5

    Session 3: A Writer's Identity

    • A Writer's Identity Plan and Instructions

    • A Writer's Identity Materials
  • 6

    Session 4: Black History vs. A Writer's Identity

    • Black History vs. A Writer's Identity

    • Black history vs. A Writer's Identity Materials
  • 7

    Session 5: Editing Our Poetry

    • Editing Our Poetry Plan and Instructions

    • Editing Our Poetry Materials
  • 8

    Session 6: Differentiating Between Tones

    • Differentiating Between Tones Plan and Instructions

    • Differentiating Between Tones Materials
  • 9

    Session 7: Outlining Group Poems

    • Outlining Group Poems Plan and Instructions

    • Session 7 Materials
  • 10

    Session 8: Features of an Ode

    • Features of an Ode Plan and Instructions

    • Session 8 Materials
  • 11

    Session 9: Open Mic

    • Open Mic Plan and Instructions

    • Open Mic Materials
  • 12

    Session 10: Performing Our Poems

    • Performing Our Poems