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Blackout Poetry
Art and Poetry combine for powerful creativity
Recommended Resources
Poetry is Everywhere (PBS)
Video filmed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival of "One Boy Told Me" by Naomi Shihab Nye.
Scholastic
Article that provides the step-by-step process for blackout poetry with grades 3-12 by John DePasquale.
Expect the Miraculous: Barrow Media Center
Feature on blackout poetry for poetry month with examples, videos, and pictures of kids creating blackout poetry.
Reederama Blog
Post about found blackout poetry from the perspective of an elementary school librarian and examples of the blackout poems and art her students "found" here.
Results of all posts relating to the tag "blackout poetry" on the Reederama blog by Jennifer Reed. Allows the reader to scan for ideas and compare Reed's results from conducitng the project in 2013 and 2016 here.
Mighty Little Librarian
Slideshow of blackout poems created by 8th grade students with librarian Tiffany Whitehead.
C. Jayne Teach
Article on newspaper blackout poetry (based on Austin Kleon's style - linked in "resources" page)and how to apply this approach to student news resources, such as Nat Geo for Kids.
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