Romeo & Juliet ACT II – Found Poem

Found Poem Found poem – take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems Literary equivalent to a collage Can be made from: song lyrics, graffiti, street signs, articles, letters, speeches, other poems

Act II – Found Poem Rubric 10 lines Different song for each line Directions Rubric Choose 10 song lyrics from different songs to create a 10 line poem summarizing a key idea in Act II No using any two lyrics from the same song in a row! Provide a rationale explaining your poem Explain how your songs relate to the idea/theme What do the lyrics say about the key idea that you chose? How does your poem relate to the text? 10 lines 5 pts Different song for each line Rationale 15 pts Total: 25 pts

Example – Act I Inside His Head Key Event: Romeo and Juliet finally meet Inside His Head I catch your eye, you’re looking at me and I spill my drink Girl look at that body It’s 5 o’clock in the morning, and I want ya Until you kissed my lips, and you saved me Baby you light up my world like nobody else I can’t help falling in love Forever can never be long enough for me I’m giving you all my love Cause I want it all, or nothing at all We fell in love in a hopeless place Line I Zac Brown Band – Every Little Bit Line 2 LMFAO – Sexy and I Know it (3) Line 3 T-Pain – 5 O’Clock Line 4 Adele – Set Fire to the Rain Line 5 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful Line 6 Rhianna – Drunk on Love Line 7 Train – Marry Me Line 8 Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up Line 9 O-Town – All or Nothing at All Line 10 Rhianna – We Found Love