SUBSCRIBE MY LINKS:    chat center Chatboards Lessons Projects Classifieds Mailrings Jobs Harry Wong Live! Gazette Advertise CHATBOARD MAILRING LESSONS SEARCH LESSONS BROWSE SUBMIT LESSON Share | Print Teachers.Net Lesson Bank #1207. Newspaper Poems Reading/Writing, level: Middle Posted Wed Jul 28 05:58:23 PDT 1999 by Patricia Carter (carterpm99@yahoo.com). Pennfield Middle School - North Penn School District, Hatfield, Pa., U.S.A Materials Required: newspapers, paper, scissors, glue, note cards Activity Time: 2 class periods Concepts Taught: word choice, grammar, imagrey, shaping Title: Newspaper Poem Subject/Grade Level: English 9 Objectives: Students will be able to appreciate the value of words, review the parts of speech, create original poetry, shape the poem, and write an explaination of the images he/she has created. Procedure: Ask students what the most important element in poetry is (strong words) - Have students browse through all sections of a newspaper. Have them cut out approx. 50 words from headlines (no "little" words like articles, prepositions, conjunctions, etc. Just nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs)The different print styles will look interesting. - Make sure students evaluate the strength, sound of words. - Have students form an image poem using the words they have found by pasting the words on colorful paper. It will look like a ransom note. Have them shape the poem; they should be as creative as possible. They may "panic" and try to search out specific words with a planned image of a poem in mind. Do not allow this. Having such a large collection of words will be enough for them to "find" a poem. - Have a poetry share the following day. Each student reads his/her poem and explains the imagery and word choice (I make my students write out an explaination on a note card and attach it to the back of the poem) Evaluation: Ask the students to journal their reactions to the process of writing the Headline Poem. Do they evaluate words differently now? Is this valid poetry? Explain.

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