1. { Found Poetry

2. Flow Now I hear The night sensing the power On a still moonlit moment And again, There are echoes of past and future changes in the flow of time, seeking a foothold, Tangible, Purposeful, Rising.

3. { Big Idea: Create piece of artwork based on a core idea or central theme. Create a found poem by circling poetic words or phrases on a page of fiction/nonfiction.

4. { Materials: One of the speeches- “I Have a Dream” or “The Great Dictator’s Speech” 1 piece of parchment paper Tape or glue Watercolor Paint, colored pencils or Markers Pencils Sharpie Marker or black pen

5. { Step One: Choose 1 page from “I Have a Dream” that reflects one part of your poem (the beginning, middle, or end). “The Great Dictator’s Speech” is only one page, so you don’t have an option.

6. { Step Two: Lay the parchment paper over the page and use tape or glue to adhere the pages together.

7. { Step Three: Now take a pencil and begin to circle words the words or phrases you used in your poem in the order they appear in the speech. The words/phrases circled need to be the same or similar words/phrases your used in your poem.

8. { Step Four: Retrace your circled words using a black sharpie or pen. Think about the word that represents the core idea of your poem. At least one word should give you a good visual image to create from.

9. { Step Five: Color over the un-circled words with your graphic representation (your drawing) of the core idea.

10. { Step Six: Once you have the background image, colors laid down, add more detail.

11. { Step Seven: Write your “core idea” (the title) word in sharpie or colored marker on your final page. Create thick to thin lines by over-lapping the Sharpie lines that you want to be thicker.

12. Assessment:  Final page included a poem of a minimum of 12 words  Graphic representation (drawing) added meaning to the poem  Title: One word or a phrase was written in hand-drawn letterforms and it was the core idea of the poem  Able to recognize poetic words and/or phrases in text and create a poem that made sense.  Handwritten or typed poem is included with final product Each bulleted item is worth 10 points for a total of 50 points. Wicked He eyes and smile dreaming Her movements graceful She was golden-winged Had not kissed her except they danced this golden kitten to meet him. She expected he would humbly serve her blood leaden She was miserable and keenly happy at heart A beautiful heiress Wicked. What the final product should look like

13. Student Artwork

14. Rage Started shuffling back tears of rage into a cringing animal. What you gonna do for yourself? Cry a whole river. The hurt, the pain, the humiliation. Covering his head. He heard a roar of rage was in his throat.

15. Country The corn country A lovely land of rolling hills and green meadows Wandering creeks and woodlands The meadow larks whistled Slowly, methodically The grass, The sky, The rich earth Love for the earth A pagan’s love for the sun- And It’s warmth

16. Time Female dressed elegance, young and careless, The appearance we have seen for some time past. Pure and healthy.

17. Tranquility Of our dreams This time of days infinite itself in the Astonishment of that beautiful human body That is more than tranquility.

18. Fear The window open She stood to one side stood staring hating the human race still alive trying to pray she began to walk she was afraid to stop moving Terror She moved slowly now She let them in.

19. Wicked He eyes and smile dreaming Her movements graceful She was golden- winged Had not kissed her except they danced this golden kitten to meet him. She expected he would humbly serve her blood leaden She was miserable and keenly happy at heart A beautiful heiress Wicked.

20. Life Glancing out at the headlights on the road stretching ahead was a ravishing beauty. She was in love with Life.

21. Fire There was smoke Fire Once sizzled like a firecracker fuse The faintest breath pierced the dark.

22. Other Found Poetry