ENG3C Culminating Task

The classroom will be transformed into a mock poetry slam competition. You
are to create a spoken word piece using the social justice issue that you chose for
your concrete poem assessment. This piece will be performed in a mock poetry
slam.

You must make reference to:

- 3 Historical and current racialized individuals that were and are

changemakers, the voices that began bringing attention to your social issue

- The present status of the social issue today. What does it look like today? Is it
any better or worse? The same?

- How this issue affects and/or impacts you and/or people important to you

- One potential solution OR mention a solution that is already in progress

Poetry Slam Rules:

- Cannot exceed 3 minutes and 10 seconds

- Must be an original piece; will be on lookout for plagiarism

- No props

Success Criteria:

To successfully complete my culminating task, I will:

❏ Ensure that my chosen social issue is something I care about

❏ Use all of the available class time to fulfill all of the requirements for this
assignment
❏ Develop feelings of comfort and confidence in my spoken word skills and
capabilities
❏ Have a good understanding as to how I will present my piece by having
consolidated with my teacher and peers
❏ Feel much more comfortable and safe to participate with my peers in this
activity
❏ Demonstrate respect towards my peers by listening and encouraging them
when they are presenting
❏ Feel the positive energy within the classroom that real poetry slams entail
❏ Feel capable of participating in a real slam competition if I’d like in the future
Rubric:

Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

Knowledge/
Understanding - History and - History and - History and - History and
current status current status current status current status
of social issue of social issue of social issue of social issue
are effectively are presented are somewhat are minimally
presented presented presented
- Spoken word
- Spoken
word structure and - Spoken
structure and performance - Spoken word word structure
performance rules are structure and and
rules are evident performance performance
/10 outstandingly rules are rules are not
evident somewhat evident
evident

Thinking/Inquir - - Solution is
y Outstandingly - Provides - Brief not expressed
provides solution solution
solution

/5

Application Phenomenally - Applies - Some - No

applies current status application of application of
current status of social issue current status current status
of social issue using national of social of social
/10 using national and issue, issue,
and international nationally nationally
international examples and/or and/or
examples internationally internationally
Communication - Phenomenal - Explanation - Unclear - No
explanation and explanation explanation
and description of and and
description of social issue description of description of
social issue social issue social issue
/5 - Confidence
- Incredible reciting poem - Some - No
confidence confidence confidence
reciting poem reciting poem reciting poem