Found Poetry and Parallel Poetry - PowerPoint Presentation

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Found Poetry and Parallel PoetrySlide2

Found Poems

Found poems

 are poems composed from words and phrases found in another text.

You can create these found poems from nearly anything if you can be creative and inspired.Slide3

Found Poems

Using the handout, review the different found poems that were created using the same text.

Notice the different feelings that emerge between the different found poems. Do they evoke an emotion or tone? What is the tone?

What literary devices do the individual poets use? Slide4

Parallel Poems

Parallel poems

 are original poems that use the same line structures as another poem, but focus on a completely different topic.

Some words from the original poem are retained, but some words are replaced with new words.Slide5

Parallel Poem From Page 127 of

Holes

by Louis

Sachar Passage from Novel:

There was a change in the weather. For the worse. The air became unbearably humid. Stanley was drenched in sweat. Beads of moisture ran down the handle of his shovel. It was almost as if the temperature had gotten so hot that the air itself was sweating.

A loud book of thunder echoed across the empty lake. A storm was way off to the west, beyond the mountains.

Stanley could count more than thirty seconds between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder. That was how far away the storm was. Sound travels a great distance across a barren wasteland.

Found Poem:

There was a change

For the worse.

The air became humid

Beads of moisture ran down

The handle of his shovel

It was almost as if

The air itself was sweating

Thunder echoed across the empty lake

A storm beyond the mountains.

Thirty seconds between the flash

And the thunder

Sound travels a great distance

Across a barren wastelandSlide6

Found and Parallel

Found Poem:

There was a change

For the worse.

The air became humid

Beads of moisture ran down

The handle of his shovel

It was almost as if

The air itself was sweating

Thunder echoed across the empty lake

A storm beyond the mountains.

Thirty seconds between the flash

And the thunder

Sound travels a great distance

Across a barren wasteland

Parallel Poem:

There was a change

For the team

The crowd grew restless

Beads of moisture pooled

In the corners of his eyes

It was almost the same

As the time he blew the touchdown

Thunder grew in the crowded stands

Anger building on the sidelines

Thirty seconds on the game clock

And he kicked

Sound exploded as the ball flew

Across the end zone

And through the uprights Slide7

Activity - 1

Now it is your turn to create a found poem and a parallel poem.

Use the text provided to create a

found poem with whatever tone you like. Choose at least 25 to 50 words to create this found poem.

Use a highlighter or colored pencil to indicate the words that you are using for your poem.

Be creative and don’t forget to title that original poem!Slide8

Activity 1

Continued

Take the words that you’ve highlighted and write them out in your notebooks to finalize the poem, remember that the way you place the words on a page will determine the flow of the poem and could alter it’s meaning. Slide9
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The Forgotten House

The house felt gutted and hidden at this moment

The land, dry of seeds and leaves

Dust everywhere

The house was no taller than the rest

Cheap

Paint peeling

Dry weedy yards

Hazy

Only visible after the darkened earth

Dove toward the twilight

Pretender

Fools

Memory

Dreams

Alone

Fisherman No Longer

The fish was gutted and drying at the moment

The sea, empty of cod and capelin

Empty nets everywhere

The boat was smaller than the rest

Wooden

Paint peeling

Barely floating

Foggy

Only visible

a

fter the sun

Rises toward the zenith of the sky

Useless

Yearning

Memory

AloneSlide11

Activity -

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Now that you’ve created a

found poem your task is to create a parallel poem using your poem from the last activity.Be prepared to share both poems so take a moment to read both over so you don’t stumble over the words or phrasing.Slide12

Activity 3

Now that you’ve created a

Found Poem

and a Parallel Poem it is time to see if you can find a poem that has to do with a topic…let’s say…love.Use the right-hand side of the handout that you were given to create a found poem about love.

What criteria should we use to assess your effort and learning/understanding ? Let’s decide on how we should be graded…

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Eng

5

th

Period

Excellent

Appropriate

Below Expectations

Effort/Thought

Layout and poem

appears to be well thought out and thoughts are complete

Fluency/Logical sequence

The poem is presented/written

is a logical sequence with 1-2 items out of placeOn TopicMost of the poem is about the topic of love. The poem may wander but has a general focus on love.

Word Choice/Lyrical

The poem uses words that creates

an image in the readers mind and flows relatively well. Slide14

Exceeding

Appropriate

Below Expectations

Effort/Thoughtful

Words/phrases show

a great deal of thought, the layout/structure shows effort

Focus on Love

Most of the poem relates

to the topic of love

Logical

Poem makes sense

and shows a logical sequence

Creativity and Details

The poet

uses the available text in a unique and create way to create a poemSlide15

Secretly Known Love

Feeling like a dream

She remembered, dizziness without end

A couple that was obviously freeLuckyFloating with each excited waveThe way their eyes glowedAs they whispered “How are you?”

She thought

In some city, an elevator,

The roof of an apartment building,

Into the hallway.

She had always secretly known

She wanted time that stood out clearly

Against the white Slide16

Activity 4

Take all three poems (Found, Parallel, Found Love) and create a visual for each.

Use the tone and words in your poems to inspire your creativity. Slide17
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