or Whiteout Poems in Honor of Max Lets start with blackout poems Blackout poems are poems sentences or phrases created from the words of a text such as a novel or newspaper You should still be able to read the poem from left to right and from top to bottom ID: 528456
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Blackout Poems
(or Whiteout Poems in Honor of Max)Slide2
Let’s start with blackout poems.
Blackout poems are poems, sentences or phrases created from the words of a text, such as a novel or newspaper.
You should still be able to read the poem from left to right and from top to bottom.
http://www.blackoutpoetry.net/Slide3
Blackout poem by Austin Kleon, a writer and artist living in Austin, Texas.
http://www.austinkleon.com/category/newspaper-blackout-poems/
How does he do that?
http://vimeo.com/4037584
shebshi.wordpress.com
thisiscolossal.comSlide4
Your Turn! (with a few changes…)
You will be given a page from
Mein
Kampf
, written by Adolf Hitler himself.
Why would we want to change the words of
Adolf Hitler?Slide5
Step One
Use a PENCIL to LIGHTLY underline words you think might be useful for your poem. Look for as many positive words possible so you are changing the horror of
Mein
Kampf
into something beautiful.Slide6
Step Two
Write down the words on a separate sheet of paper. Make sure you write them in the same left to right and top to bottom order as they are on the page.
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Step Three
Does your poem make sense? If no, reevaluate your word choices.
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Step Four
In PENCIL, put a very neat box around the words you have chosen for the final poem.
readingyear.blogspot.comSlide9
Step Five
Only after you read and reread your words in your boxes (and are happy with the final poem), should you move to blacking out the words you don’t want.
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