14. Blackout
Poetry • Materials:
– Newspaper or pages of wri>ng
– Can use old pages of student
wri>ng!
• How to:
– Each person takes a page of
wri>ng
– Underline words you like or
want to keep for any reason!
(Words look interes>ng, sound
interes>ng, are new words,
have important meaning, etc.)
– Cross out all the other words
– Read the words that remain–
your new poem!
17. Let’s try it!
• Rip off two small pieces of paper
• On one small piece of paper:
– Write down any ITEM
• On the other small piece of paper:
– Write down any PLACE or LOCATION
• Give them to me! I will mix them up.
• Now choose two new small pieces of paper
• You must write a story that includes the items on
your two pieces of paper… CHALLENGE: these two
items must be the main parts of the story!