Studio Day Work April 25, 2016

Objectives

• Students will write "found" poetry.

Materials

• Old newspapers and magazines
• Scissors
• Envelopes
• Paper

Procedures

1. Before beginning, explain to the children that they will be writing a poem.
2. Explain the "blank verse" and read the example below.
3. Then explain the procedure.
   Step 1: Clip interesting words from magazine ads and article titles.
   Step 2: Put the strips in a box or large manila envelope.
   Step 3: Grab a pinchful of strips.
   Step 4: Use the strips as the foundation of a blank verse poem. Let the word strips suggest a topic. Write your poem! 

Example:
Given the words:
blast, risk, hunting down, corners, beasts, brain, safety

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My brain was once a place of safety.
Now it is filled with risk.
I must begin hunting down
The beasts in the corners of my mind
and blast them from the shadows. 
– A fifth-grade boy