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Found Poems/Parallel Poems
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 50-minute sessions |
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Yankton, South Dakota |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Prose passage chosen by student or teacher
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry
Word Mover allows children and teens to create “found poetry” by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.
PRINTOUTS
- Model of Found and Parallel Poem
- Found Poem Instructions
- Love Found Poems Rubric
- Student Assessment Sheet for Found Poems
- Sample Found Poem
WEBSITES
PREPARATION
- Choose a text for students to use as the source of their prose passages. You might use a book that the entire class has read recently, choose books that students have read in literature circles, or have students use books that they have read independently.
- Make copies or an overhead transparency of the Found Poem Instructions, Model of Found and Parallel Poem, Student Assessment Sheet for Found Poems, and Love Found Poems Rubric.
- Test the Word Mover on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tool and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.