Blackout poetry - 4A

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time-iconLesson duration is: 30 min

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BLACKOUT
POETRY

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Have you ever heard of blackout poetry? What do you you think it is?

Slide 5 - Open question

What is blackout poetry?

  • Free poetry using existing text
  • Cancel everything but the words of your poem
  • It goes back 250 years! [Caleb Whiteford]

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It can be extremely simple...

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Or you can turn it into a work of art!

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INSTRUCTIONS:

  • start with circling the words you may want to use
  • once you have made your selection you can black out the rest
EXTRA CHALLENGE no.1:

Make it artsy, add figures and drawings galore!

EXTRA CHALLENGE no.2:

Try to make it formal!
(you know the rules)

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Submit your creations here (fully anonymous)
EXIT TICKET

Slide 10 - Open question