To This Day by Shane Koyczan - Worksheet set

To This Day is a powerful spoken word poem by Steve Koyczan, dealing with issues of bullying in schools. With an animated version available on Youtube, the poem offers ample material to study in English. This five page resource helps students deconstruct the poem and video, looking at how it has been constructed and the effect of different language and visual techniques.

The first page of the worksheet set deals with comprehension, making sure students understand the events of the poem and the overall message of the poet. The following three pages move into close analysis of the poem text, including figurative language, rhyme, tone and expression. Finally, the last page looks at the music and visual components of the video and how these add an extra layer to the poem.

The worksheets are included in both Word and pdf formats to ensure compatibility, and an answer key is provided for the two tables in the worksheets.

You can also check out the introduction to spoken word poetry for additional activities on this topic.