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Practical idea - Poetry slam: Rhythm and rhyme

18 Feb 2011

Hold your own poetry slam and encourage the pupils to perform their favourite/ own rhymes, lyrics and poems to other pupils. You could prepare pupils for the slam by discussing lyrics from popular songs with them and getting them to have a go at writing their own poems for the event.

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