Directions for Found Poem

Found Poetry Activity

Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry by making changes in spacing and lines, or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning.

You can create found poetry in many ways:

• You can make a list of powerful words and phrases from a passage or even another poem, and then rearrange them in a new way on a separate piece of paper.  You can add some of your own words to create meaning.
• You can use a pen or other writing utensil and block out other words from the text, leaving only the most powerful words and phrases showing.  You will have to think about how the reader’s eye will move down the page and take in the poem.
• You can circle the most powerful words and phrases, and then draw pictures or designs to block out the rest of the text and draw attention to the words you circled.
• You can actually cut up the text, and then rearrange and glue the most powerful words and phrases to a piece of art you create.

Check out these amazing examples of creativity:

https://www.google.com/search?q=found+poetry+pinterest&safe=strict&biw=1051&bih=495&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjUqNK8r-3JAhXCND4KHWPGDtwQ_AUIBigB

https://www.pinterest.com/venturingout/found-poetry/

http://starlygathered.com/found-poetry/

 

Directions for today:  Use the passage from Old School that you brought in today or use one of Frost’s poems.  Create a found poem – the method you use is up to you, but it should be something that is thoughtful, interesting, and provocative to both read and look at.  We will display them:)

You do not need to post anything here!

Your Poem Illustrated

Use this creative project as a tool to pay close attention to the particular word choices, images, patterns, sounds, and uses of figurative language in the poem you are doing for Poetry Out Loud.

Use Google Slides to create a power point for this project.  When you are done, copy the link in the comment box below.  Make sure your power point is open for others to view without special permission.  Be sure to include your name and the title of your poem.




How to make your illustrated poem:


1.  Break up your poem into smaller chunks.  If it is a long poem, break it down into groups of 2 lines.  If it is smaller, maybe go line by line.  You'll have to do whatever makes sense for your poem.  You want to break it down so you can attend to very specific details like word choices or images.


2.  Create a slide for each grouping of lines.  Write the lines right on the slide.  Go in chronological order.


3.  Find images that connect to the different word choices, images, patterns, symbols, sounds, and uses of figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, etc.).  Creatively display these images on the same slide as the lines they connect to.  Go for a collage effect that attends to multiple details and layers of meaning rather than just one image for the whole line.


4.  Your final project should consist of multiple slides which contain the smaller groupings of lines and their corresponding images.