4.3 Writer's Workshop - Spoken Word Poem and Critical Thinking Essay

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Writer's Notebook 3: Can Poetry (Spoken Word) Change the World?

Writer's Notebook 3 Continued... Critical Thinking Essay Body Paragraph 3

CRITICAL THINKING ESSAY - BODY PARAGRAPH THREE

  • Think about how poetry can change the world through spoken word, using the spoken word poems you watched for evidence.

Here are some ideas on how you may structure it:

Topic sentence: 

  • Start with a topic sentence that tells the audience the paragraph is about how spoken word poetry can change the way people think about the world and people in it.

Supporting details and elaborations:

  • What were the themes of the poems (Tourette's, Can We Autocorrect Humanity) and how might they change the way people think about the world and people in it?
  • How do you think the the popularity of spoken word poetry has helped spread important messages about the world?

Concluding sentence: A clincher sentence the restates the topic sentence in a powerful new way.

Open your Writer's Notebook and complete: "Critical Thinking Essay - Body Paragraph Three."