Wham! It's a Poetry Jam: Discovering Performance Poetry [Paperback]

Take a wild ride with poet Sara Holbrook as she guides young writers in performing their poetry with style and pizzazz. With enthusiasm and a touch of irreverence, Ms. Holbrook, a performance poet herself, explains how to use voice, rhythm, attitude, movement, and other techniques to perform poetry in a group, duo, or solo. More than thirty poems are included for young readers to practice, as well as instructions for putting on a poetry jam at school or in the community.* Guaranteed to get even confirmed classroom drones out of their seats and into an audience's face, this high-energy manual is a poetry slam-dunk. . . . —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewSara Holbrookis the author ofNothing's the End of the World,The Dog Ate My Homework,I Never Said I Wasn't Difficult,Am I Naturally This Crazy?,Which Way to the Dragon!, andWalking on the Boundaries of Change, all published by Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press. She lives in Mentor, Ohio.CN