When Our Students Speak their Truth: Engaging Critical and Creative ESL Teaching Through Spoken Word Poetry

02 May 2024

by Jennifer Burton

In this webinar, Jennifer shared research-based creative and critical approaches to teaching ESL to center the lives and languages of multiple language learners through spoken word poetry. Jennifer also shared strategies to promote critical engagement, cross-cultural understanding, and linguistic flexibility for multilingual learners and also activities that scaffold learners’ language development in diverse teaching contexts.

Download the Lesson Plan.

Download Burton et al.'s "I AM FROM" worksheet.

Download the "Small World, Big Stories: Reflections of Ourselves" Spoken Word Poetry Collection with Discussion Questions.

Download a 4-criteria rubric.

Download a 5-criteria rubric.

Download a template for the "I am From" poem with examples.