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Get Lit Essential

Bring Poetry to life in your classroom! This 12-week, standards and SEL-aligned supplementary curriculum adds enrichment and rigor to any existing English or Drama program. Students will “claim” poems that speak to them, and learn to write and perform their own Spoken Word response poems. For grades 6-12, it uses student voice to increase engagement and literacy while empowering creative expression. Synchronous and asynchronous options are available.

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Words Ignite

Inspire authors and advocates with our Words Ignite curriculum, a year- or semester-long UC-approved (B or G) curriculum for grades 9-12. These plug-and-play lessons come with everything from warm ups to graphic organizers and assessments. Students will use the Get Lit Model to write, revise, publish, and even market their own poetry chapbook to elevate their voice in their classrooms and communities. Synchronous and asynchronous options are available.

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Voices in Verse: Poetry, Identity, and Ethnic Studies

Voices in Verse (UC-approved B or G) will ignite and inspire students through poetry, identity, and Ethnic Studies. Through the lenses of poetry, academic dialogue, analysis, and collective discussion, students in grades 9-12 become authors and advocates, exploring and addressing impactful subjects including: race, gender, class, and power structure. This semester-long course also includes 100+ poems by BIPOC poets and energetic youth-led videos.

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Stanzas of America: Celebrating BIPOC Poetry

Engage and embolden students with this celebration of BIPOC poetry. Stanzas of America (UC-approved B) encourages students in grades 10-12 to share their own writing through a deep dive into poetic form and function. Exploring Classic and Contemporary poetry, they will use analysis, appreciation, and response writing to produce and publish their own chapbooks. This semester-long course also includes 100+ poems by BIPOC poets and energetic youth-led videos.

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Each course comes with:
  • Our youth-led, in-school
    “Blitz” assemblies (extra fee)

  • Mentor
    visits

  • Professional
    development

  • Entry to the
    Classic Slam

  • More!

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VOICE IS POWER
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Engage students through tech

All courses are available in a digital format that integrates with your school’s Learning Management System (or use ours!). In addition to the curriculum, you get an online Interactive Anthology and access to our Uni(verse) platform. All of our technology meets the strictest privacy requirements and includes real-time technical support for teachers, staff, and students. Uni(verse) has been approved by LAUSD as a Digital Content Provider.

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Learn how Get Lit incorporates research-based,
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HIRE A POET

Bring poetic excellence to your event by hiring one of our Get Lit Players to perform their original spoken-word poetry.

TEACH GET LIT AT YOUR SCHOOL

The only program of our kind in the nation, Get Lit has created a standards-aligned Classic & Response Model where students identify poetry that resonates with them and then write their own original spoken word response.  We inspire students to amplify their voices while exploring poetry from the past and present.

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Get Lit Anthology
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GET LIT ANTHOLOGY

Each year, Get Lit curates 150 poems to give every student a way to connect.  Claim a poem that speaks to you.

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