Get Lit Rising: Words Ignite. Claim Your Poem. Claim Your Life.

Synopsis

Get to know the Get Lit Players--a group of teens who use poetry to take on the world--with this standards-based book that sheds light on teen issues through their own poetry and slam poetry performances.Get Lit Rising brings to life the true story of nineteen teen poets (the Get Lit Players) who are inspiring thousands of teens across the country through their award-winning performances of classic and spoken word poems. This book takes readers inside the private lives of these teen poets as they try to transform the lives of inner city teens in some of the toughest life circumstances. The Get Lit Players include teens who struggle with homelessness, autism, incarceration, body image, depression, and more. But they use the power of poetry to reclaim their lives and influence their friends, families, and communities. This uplifting book also offers the classic poems that have most inspired the Get Lit Players, along with their own personal response poems, and each chapter offers questions, writing prompts, and how-tos for readers to set their own inner poet free. Ending with a section for parents and educators featuring the curriculum that's already in schools throughout California, this slam-dunk shows how to get teens excited about poetry and how to create poetry groups and slams in their own communities.

Copyright:

2016

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781481457200

Related ISBNs:

9781582705774

Publisher:

Simon Pulse/Beyond Words

Date of Addition:

10/18/16

Copyrighted By:

Beyond Words

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs, Language Arts

Grade Levels:

Seventh grade

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.