Lit. term 3: Blackout Poetry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,4

What you will need : 

• One partner (you'll be working in duos)
• The printed out article
• A pencil (and eraser?)
• A laptop (one per duo!) & be ready to log in to LessonUp
• A black marker (I will give you one)
• Your imagination!

Lesson Goals:

1. Practice a different Reading Strategy 
2. Revisit of Lit terms
3. Stimulating Critical Thinking;find connections in meaning
4. Increase your Language Skills; definitions, associations
5. Stimulating your Creativity, Self-expression and your Imagination! 

Reading time... with instructions

Instructions:

1. Before you start for real, read the title and the first paragraph
2. On your Post-it write down what you notice about the TONE... (recap)
3. Start reading and underline words that "grab" you

Scaffolding Article page 1:

down the tubes: gaat van kwaad naar erger
culprits: daders. boosdoeners

Alongside: naast

wield: hanteren

win favour: in gunst staan bij

bigotry: kleinzieligheid, onderdrukking, verdrukking, onverdraagzaamheid

to anticipate: verwachten

pathetic: zielig, meelijwekkend

Scaffolding Article page 2:

drip through more sparingly: minder vaak
neutered: gecastreerd

swerve to the right: meer rechts (politiek)

misogynist: vrouwenhater

nauseous: misselijk

sins: zonden

Has your opinion about the Tone of the article changed?

Has your opinion about the TONE of the article changed?

Why or why not?

What does that tell you about the reading strategies you have used?

[skimming vs reading the full article in depth, underlining words]

When you are done, please Log in to LessonUp

Turn on your laptop, log into this LessonUp (using both of your names if possible),

 and let's get YOUR input:

What do you know about....

Censorship?

Poetry?

Censorship + Creativity = BLACKOUT POETRY

What is blackout poetry?

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

It says:

"You Deserve

...a Smile

And this one:

"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Knock knock KNOCK KNOCK

I'm here

to hug

you"

It can be super simple...

Or you can turn it into a work of art!

"Money took his family and the children and rebuilt everything"

GOAL: Together, create 1 or 2 poetic lines using (some of) the isolated words in the article around the theme FREEDOM. And turn the TONE around!

1. Revise your underlined words: which ones are useful?
2. Do you need extra filler words to make the lines make sense? Isolate those too.
3. Black out the rest! Extra points for being creative!
4. I will take a picture of the end result and send it
   to your e-mail to upload)

And now it's up to you:

Now you have all the ingredients!

upload the blackout poem here (photo)

Which team was most poetic?

Which team was most creative?

Another category?

Which team capured the theme of Freedom best?

Reflect & Share (on your post-it)

1. In what way was this lesson useful to you?
2.  What did you like/ not like about this lesson?