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| The Slam Poets perform during Quest Time | 92.65 KB |
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| Ben Barter performing "Rubix Cube" during Quest Time | 57.44 KB |
Kari Lindsey, Jose Soto, Ben Barter, and Salma Nizam, all slam poets attending University Of Utah, came to SJHS on March 15th, to teach the students of SJHS about Slam poetry. Kari, Jose, Ben, and Salma, went to different seventh and ninth grade English classes and taught the students about poetry. The Slam poets were at SJHS throughout the whole school day, and during Quest Time they went to the cafetorium where they each performed a poem, and then answered any questions students had.
According to Gavin Jones, a seventh grade student at SJHS, it was interesting to see them do something like poetry professionally. Alexi Love, a seventh grade student at SJHS, said, “It was cool how they performed actual poetry and not just little kid poetry. It was interesting how much they expressed themselves through poetry.”
According to Ben Douglas, a ninth grade student as SJHS, Jose was pretty cool, and he was really easy to connect with.
According to Ben Douglas, “Rubix Cube” performed by Ben was his favorite poem that the poets performed. Gavin Jones, said, “All the poems were good, but I liked “War” (performed by Salma).” According to Alexi Love, she liked the “God of Bench Pressing” performed by Jose.
Ms. Pina, a seventh grade English teacher at SJHS, said, “All the poems were so great. I loved Kari’s English major poem, because I was an English major and got many of the same questions. Ben had a poem that he performed just for my class and also performed last year written from the perspective of Luna Lovegood which I loved, because I love Harry Potter of course, and also the poem was just hilarious. If I thought through it, I could say something I liked from most poems probably, but those are the two that stood out.”
According to Gavin Jones, he learned that everyone has their own opinion and emotions. According to Alexi love, she learned that there are a lot of different ways to express yourself, and poetry is one of them.
According to Ben Douglas, he would like to try poetry. He thought it would fun, and he could do it during his free time.