For the month of March, each day I am writing and posting a slice of my life, hosted by Two Writing Teachers.
March Slice of Life Challenge Day 9:
Blackout Poetry Fun
Blackout Poetry Fun
Blackout poetry, another form of found poetry, is a fun way to play with words. Using a page from one of my favorite professional resources, I Read It But I Don't Get It by the phenomenal Cris Tovani, I created this blackout poem:
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| Infer Use background knowledge with textual evidence. Lift up words. Think beyond the pages Find deeper meaning. Look for clues. Analyze thinking. Unlock the door. |
(Don't worry, I would never deface Cris Tovani's work unless I was annotating. I used my black sharpie on a photo copy.)
I love to do black out poetry as a means of summarizing and am ALWAYS amazed at what they find/deem important.THanks for the reminder
ReplyDeleteYou just unlocked the door for new ideas! I had never thought to do black out poetry on a professional text. Your poem, spot on!
ReplyDeleteWow! Well done. I've never tried it beginning with a text like this. You definitely created a powerful message about inferring.
ReplyDeleteLove black out poetry and echo what Anita wrote. It's also fun to take the word you held on to, and then try to write something of your own that they spark, so it's more than just the collection of found words.
ReplyDeleteI would never think to use a PD text for blackout poetry! Definitely saving this idea for later in the month (or at least next week, when I'm back at work and have access to a copy machine!). "Lift up words" is a line I love. Thanks for this idea!
ReplyDeletePD poetry. Wouldn't it be fun if PD texts were in poetic form more often. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love using blackout poem on texts I love and having students do this, too. Great poem!
ReplyDeleteI love this form of poetry. It produces great poems from reluctant middle school poets. 😝
ReplyDeleteI've done black out poetry on fiction, but never a professional book. GREAT idea! Wonderful poem by the way!
ReplyDeleteI love blackout poetry - I even have a text chosen that I want to use as a poem. I love that you did this with a pd text - makes me think about how important it is that we distill our learning - and the poem you created really does distill Tovani. Great slice.
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