Today in class . . .
We started writing our found poems. A found poem is a poem that uses someone else's words but is arranged by the author. We used the book "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton. Students chose an excerpt that was powerful. Then we followed the directions below. If you were absent, write your found poem on your own piece of paper. Found Poem Instructions Step 1: Pick one excerpt from The Outsiders. Write the entire paragraph on you lined piece of paper. Step 2: Read the page two times. Focus on images and pictures that the author shares. Focus on important phrases that characters say. Ask yourself: What is the main point the author is trying to get across? Step 3: On the back of your paper, make a list of the most important words & phrases from your excerpt. If you wrote down the paragraph, cross out everything that’s dull. You should cross out at least HALF of the words in the excerpt. Step 4: Read through the excerpt again. Add any important words you missed. Cross out some of the less-important remaining words. Step 6: On the front of your paper, rewrite your list make a list of all the words and phrases that you did not cross out. Step 7: Arrange the words in your list so they look and sound like a poem. You may want to get rid of a few more words as you are arranging your poem. You may add a few words to the poem so that it makes sense.
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