Spoken Word: Lists/Idea Generation

1. Create a series of lists based on the following prompts:a) Things that make you uniqueb) An item that symbolizes your identity c) Things that make you extremely angryd) Things that make you extremely happye) Things that you wish you could paint in detailf) Things you wished you had learned by nowg) Things that most people don’t know about youh) Things you wish they taught you in Schooli) Lies that you’ve been toldj) Things you would like to do in lifek) Things you would like to change in the worldl) Things you would like to change in yourselfm) Things that make you laughn) Things that make you cryo) Your strengthsp) Your weaknessesq) Your fearsr) Your mistakes

2. Highlight your top three responses on each list, and then use your favourite mode of brainstorming/freewriting to explore further these ideas.

3. Possible prompts to start you off:a. Repetition (Eg. You are not my dad)b. What it feels like to be ……c. What kind of _____ are you? (Stereotypes)d. Abstract nouns in figurative languagee. Borrow stories from history and how it affected you (eg. Pearl

Harbour, Syrian war) f. To my ……g. Once upon a time…..h. I once knew someone…

i.j. My life is a ________ (Use a creative metaphor to compare your life

to something else, such as the ‘buffering’ circle k. A love letter to my…. (what part of your body do you hate but it is

such a part of you? Eg. A poet with buck teeth l. Perhaps in a 1000 years….