1. Welcome! January 24th, 2018 Wednesday
Do Now
Find your seats! If you don’t remember where you sit, ask me.
Write the date at the top of a new page in your journal.
Once the bell rings, begin the freewrite.
Prompt: Write about a character telling a lie to someone he or she loves.

2. Found Poems
Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry (a literary equivalent of a collage) by making changes in spacing and lines, or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning.
The cool thing about Found poems is that you can do them a few different ways.

3. Some Examples…
Typically, a found poem has the author choosing an original text, pulling out words or phrases, and rearranging them to create a poem.
This new poem can be similar in topic and theme to the original text, or it can be entirely different – it’s up to the author.
Let’s look at a few examples of a standard found poem:
New York Times article “Shooting at a Funeral in Brooklyn”
Chang-rae Lee’s novel “Coming Home, Again”

4. Some more Examples…

5. Even more Examples…

6. Writing a Found Poem
1. Choose a text. This can be either a magazine article (up front), a newspaper article you find on your phone, or a book from the reading corner. For #1, write your source title (title of the book, magazine, or website), the page number and/or article name, and the author’s name.
2. Explain your reasoning for choosing this section of text as your source. Why did it stick out to you?
3. Do you want your found poem’s topic to be similar, or will you focus on something different hidden in the words?
4. Will you have a similar tone to the original text, or will you change it? Why?

7. Writing a Found Poem
5. Begin pulling words or phrases (no more than 4 words in a row) from your source that you could potentially use in a poem. If you are working from a website or a book, list your words on your page. If you are working from a magazine, you can cut out the words if you like.
Because your poem needs to be at least 14 lines, make sure you have a decent amount of words to choose from. Try to have at least as many words that are on this slide.

8. Writing a Found Poem
6. Begin constructing your poem! Space or arrange the words so that they’re poem-like. Pay attention to line breaks, layout, and other elements that will emphasize important words or significant ideas in the poem.
• Read aloud as you arrange the words! Test the possible line breaks by pausing slightly. If it sounds good, it’s probably right.
• Arrange the words so that they make a rhythm you like. You can space words out so that they are all alone or allruntogether. You can also put key words on lines by themselves.
• You can shape the entire poem so that it’s wide or tall or shaped like an object
Be sure to stick only to the words that you can find in your original source. If you need to go back and add words to your list, do so. Remember, this should be at least 14 lines for full possible credit.
7. If you would like extra credit (or you finish early) you are encouraged to make a poster of your work to be displayed in the classroom 