#23

OVERVIEW

Students compose found and parallel poems based on descriptive literary passages they have read. Students first select a passage and then pick out descriptive words, phrases and lines. They then arrange and format the excerpts to compose their own poems. Students create found poems (poems that are composed from words and phrases found in another text) as well as parallel poems (original poems that use the same line structures as another poem, but focus on a completely different topic.) This process of recasting the text they are reading in a different genre helps students become more insightful readers and develop creativity in thinking and writing. Since students are primarily identifying nouns and verbs for use in their poems, the lesson also provides a relevant opportunity for a grammar review of these two parts of speech.

I found this article on the internet when searching found poems. I thought it was an interesting take on the things we learned about found poems this week.

I'm thinking of doing something like this for this weeks found poem. I have so many ideas I'm not sure where to start. So, I will start with the idea of finding lines from books and fitting them together and if that doesn't work out the way I hope I will move on to the next of my many ideas.