Do you want to make poetry so fun and engaging that your students will ask for more. Get a page of text from a newspaper, magazine, book, or song lyric and. You can use this assignment with or without interactive notebooks, as the final products are handed in separately to be displayed. Using your selected page, focus on a character or theme from the novel to draft your poem. Christina, the daring english teacher, is a fulltime high school english teacher, wife, and mother. Blackout poetry stoke your creative juices with this unique poetry style liesel palitzsch this piece of blackout poetry fits well with how people, most often women, are too afraid of a violent reaction to interject their feelings loudly and assertively. Jun 12, 2017 i didnt realize you can hardly see the poems so closeup pictures can be seen in my twitter thread below. Blackout poetry rubric 3 points 2 points 1 point scorelevel design the poem is pleasing to the eye with effective sizing and placement of images. This site is a companion to the book newspaper blackout by austin kleon. Were gonna take a wild guess and say that the first thing you do when you sit down to write a poem is stare at a blank page for a while, and eventually write down a word. Create a found poem based upon the collection of words and phrases you will find on any of these web pages readings.
You will use 1 to 2 pages from the things they carried to create a blackout poem as a response to what you have read so far. Blackout poetry is a literary trend that involves creating poems from excerpts of prose. Pull students into the rich text of fahrenheit 451 with this blackout poetry activity. Make poetry fun with blackout poetry the daring english teacher.
Five readytouse poetry stations learning lessons from my first experience with stations, im happy to report that my second lap around the track with this technique was more successful. Blackout poetry works better if you can find an old book full of beautiful words and phrases. How to be productive at home from a remote work veteran. Black out poetry creative destruction direct lesson plan objective. On the first day, the students were introduced to shakespeare this might. But if youre doing a poetry unit and you want a quick hook, a writing assignment to help students start enjoying poetry in just half an hour, its time. To open class i will remind my students of the dumbledores quote, words are our most inexhaustible form of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it. Its a place where anyone can share their attempts at blackout poetry. To kill a mockingbird barton open elementary school. To kill a mockingbird enrichment project choices id rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but i know youll go after birds. Fragments of sappho, in the first semester of our honors civilizations sequence. This can be a magazine article, newspaper article, short story, part of a book etc. Students choose a page from the novel, choose words to reveal meaning related to the text, and blackout the remaining text with images that enhance the revealed meaning. Students string together words on the page to form a poem, and blackout the rest of the words.
Most pages are pleasing to the eye with attention to sizing and placement of images. The link provided will take you to an earlier lesson with my reflection explaining more about my use of. Share a few examples of blackout poetry by projecting them onto a screen for the class to see. She has experience teaching english to all high school grade. This is something you can do to destress and restore your energy, even while you. She currently has a whole book she is working to turn into blackout poetry. Circle any words that may connect to the words you have already circled. Blackout poetry art is a brilliant solution if you dont know what to do with old books you have lying around. It is assumed that the students will listen when i am. The words for blackout poems are already written on the page, but its up to the blackout poet to bring new meaning and life to these words.
Or better yet, choose a completely divergent text, maybe a science textbook or page from a dictionary. Interactive poetry activities your students will love. Right before we left for our twoweek winter vacation, i used poetry. If youre going the traditional blackout route redacting text with black marker then a. Repurpose the pages of old books by transforming them into poetic works of art with this idea to celebrate national poetry month in your. My name is kevin harrell and i practice the art of creative destruction by making blackout poetry. But sometimes thinking of that first word can take a long time. In these poetry challenges, students write a limerick, haiku, blackout poem, and illustrate a line from a given poem.
Students are utilizing the trial case found in the novel to create a blackout poetry work of ar. The main idea of my poem is kind of clear and not easily. Looking for poetry activities that will hook even the most resistant kiddo. Make poetry fun with blackout poetry the daring english. Using newspaper articles or other sources, you get rid of words you dont want to create a poem. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit em, but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird. Here are some simple activities to get you started. At our booth, visitors could create blackout poetry, altered book pages, and random act of creative kindness cards. Blackout poetry is created by taking a text and blacking out with a marker words and phrases in order to reveal new ideas or to create a new effect. Stepbystep instructions for making newspaper blackout poetry. Blackout poetry is a form of found poetry that allows the poet to use someone elses words to write a poem. This is something you can do to destress and restore your energy, even.
Tlw be able to choose words out of a newspaper article in order to create a poem. Blackout poetry focuses on rearranging words to create a different meaning. If your students have never encountered blackout poetry before, they will love this assignment. Blackout poetry is a way to creatively express using other peoples words, and making their words your own you take a newspaper article, find words you like, and blackout the words you dont want whats left behind is a new, original poem. As a close reading technique, blackout poetry can focus students on any number of things, from plot to them to character, etc. With more than a decade of teaching experience, she focuses on providing engaging, robust, and differentiated learning experiences to her students and the educational community. Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. Matt kleon, a native of austin, texas, has played a role in reintroducing our. Stacy antoville, an amazing middle school art teacher in new york city, first introduced me to blackout poetry. Blackout poetry is a form of found poetry that allows the.
I select trailers for new release books and great books that students arent picking up. The task of blackout poetry relates specifically to representing and my project groups psa on expression as it allows students to use words in the form of poetry by coupling them with visual expression of blacking out the remainder of the page. Oct 17, 2016 the first step of this exercise is grueling for book lovers. Blackout poetry there are so many reasons blackout poetry is great. Leedy published the first definitive book on poetry therapy in 1969, poetry therapy, which includes essays by many of the early pioneers in the field. Since my poetry unit coincides with national poetry month april, i find online pdf versions of the novels and short stories weve read in class and print those out. Ease students into writing their own poetry with stunning blackout poems. The alchemist by paulo coelho would appear to be an opportunity to offer a story which provides hope. Derek walcott poetry is an important genre in student writing. Blackout poetry is when a page of text, usually an article from a newspaper or a page from a novel, is completely blacked out colored over with permanent. About this time more and more people in the helping professions began to use poetry integrated with group process. Poetry assignment 1 poetry assignment year 8 english 10242008. Included is an activity using blackout poetry and the trial case found in the novel to kill a mockingbird. Students use of word usage students use of students use of.
To see blackout poetry in one of its simplest, quickest forms, check out these poems by austin kleon, a writer and artist who invented newspaper blackout poetry. Students choose a piece of their own creative writing from english class to serve as the. Students print their creative writing piece on neutral papers and begin. By katelyn pryor this lesson is the middle lesson of three lessons for this sonnet part of a larger unit on poetry. Blackout poetry is when a page of text, usually an article from a newspaper or a page from a novel, is completely blacked out colored over with permanent marker so that it is no longer visible except for a select few words. It is assumed that the students will listen when i am speaking and when their peers are speaking. Even if youve never met a poetry assignment that didnt fill you with dread, youre about to learn something that will change the way you think of poetry. May 28, 2018 blackout poetry and altered book pages can help you stretch your creativity and tap into your intuition. Mar 30, 2016 using a page from a book, create an ode to olds municipal library. You will use 1 to 2 pages from the things they carried to create a blackout poem as a. Found poem grading rubric washington middle school. Grade 9 poetry unit if you know what you are going to write when youre writing a poem, its going to be average.
This is an oldie, but goodie poetry writing exercise for high school students. Engaging, standards based lesson plans and teaching ideas for middle school and high school ela. Blackout poetry stoke your creative juices with this. Have fun with the words and phrases that really speak to you. According to the website, ask jeeves for kids, it is a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem. Jan 21, 2018 this video will show you 5 ways to create a blackout poetry journal. I incorporate this project with literature weve previously read in class. Assignment includes the pdf of the trial case, directions, and sample blackout poetry examples. Use the photocopied page from the novel to blackout words while creating a shape that is unique or symbolic to the novel. Today is trailer tuesday, so i will show students a book trailer or two depending on length.
Ive put together 30 ideas for reading poetry, writing poems, and incorporating poetry into your other subjects and lesson plans. Blackout poetry is when a page of text, usually an article from a newspaper or a page from a novel, is completely blacked out colored over with permanent marker so that it. When i taught 12th grade creative writing, blackout poetry was one of my most successful lessons. Visit to create a digital blackout poem with the new york. But if youre doing a poetry unit and you want a quick hook, a writing assignment to help students start enjoying poetry in just half an hour, its time to try blackout poetry. The things they carried blackout poetry assignment blackout poetry is a form of found poetry in which poems are created from the words of an existing piece of writing. Did you know that theres actually a way to make a poem by removing. This video will show you 5 ways to create a blackout poetry journal.
Found poetry folsom cordova unified school district. Engaging honors students through newspaper blackout poetry. The words you choose to leave exposed should compose a poem about a character, conflict, symbol, setting, motif, or theme from the novel. Let us know through this fun art form what your library means to you see more ideas about blackout poetry, poetry and found poetry. Blackout poetry is how can i make blackout poetry step 1. Blackout poetry focus sheet you will create a blackout poem reflecting on roll of thunder, hear my cry. These elements must be present for your assignment to be marked. Blackout poetry art is a brilliant solution if you dont know what. If youre going the traditional blackout route redacting text with black marker then a great protip is. Effort dedication to a completed, high quality poem which illustrates growth from rough to final copy. We were reading anne carsons translation of sapphos poetry, if not, winter. Write a found poem using a piece of prose of my choice. Beginning 1 developing 2 accomplished 3 exemplary 4 score form uses an inappropriate poetic form.
The first step of this exercise is grueling for book lovers. Popularized in recent years by writer and artist austin kleon, blackout poetry encourages readers to create poems by redacting words from ordinary texts. Check out the full post for stepbystep photos and a free assignment you can use. Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. It gives opportunities to play with language in novel ways, and sometimes to incorporate art and graphic design skills as well. I recently volunteered with the south texas art therapy association to run a booth at maker faire austin. Newspaper black out poems would probably be a great little activity in a creative writing class. Oct 30, 2018 but if youre doing a poetry unit and you want a quick hook, a writing assignment to help students start enjoying poetry in just half an hour, its time to try blackout poetry. Also known as newspaper blackout poetry, the author uses a permanent marker to cross out or eliminate whatever words or images he sees as unnecessary or irrelevant to the effect hes seeking to create.
Poetry activities for all ages whether youre introducing haiku to your kindergartner, reading limericks with your middle schooler, or. Blackout poetry stoke your creative juices with this unique. It is words arranged in a rhythmic pattern with regular accents like beats in music, words which are caref ully selected for sound, accent and meaning to express imaginatively ideas and emotions. Your students will love creating blackout poetry, and this post shows you how to teach them. These fascinating poems are created from existing art.
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