Blackout poetry_intervisie

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

= CREATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM =

Have you ever done any creative writing in English? (Stories, poems, songs, etc...)

MORE THAN ONCE

ONLY ONCE OR TWICE

NEVER

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

What is blackout poetry?

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

What can you say about the language of the poem?

What is the goal of of this poem?

Explain facts

Express emotions

Show the author's creativity

Tell a story

Give information

It can be extremely simple...

Or you can turn it into a work of art!

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!

EXTRA CHALLENGE no.2:

Look up words you don't know and try to use them!

Submit your creations here (fully anonymous)

Name one thing you have learned today