Workshop 2 Black out poetry - a deeper understanding

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Why was Black out poetry first created? Was it because somebody was bored or because it helped a writer overcome writer's block?

For an answer watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oww7oB9rjgw

titled -  Steal Like An Artist: Austin Kleon at TEDxKC 

 

 

 

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Workshop 2 on Black out Poetry 

  

Why was Black out poetry first created? Was it because somebody was bored or because it helped a writer overcome writer's block?

Activity 1

For an answer watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oww7oB9rjgw

titled - Steal Like An Artist: Austin Kleon at TEDxKC

 

Activity 2

Find more resources for your Black out poems, for example photocopy pages from a novel you are familiar with and use this to create a visually interesting final poem

Activity 3

Have you managed to choose interesting words or phrases from a piece of news media, novel or magazine?

Activity 4

Complete the activity OR continue for home learning.

 

Remember to add this piece to your anthology - take a photograph of the final piece or scan and add to your Power Point or Prezi.

 

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Complete Black out poetry from more than one source :

1. newspaper

2. pages from a novel (photocopied)

3. pages from a magazine 

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You will be assessed on :

1. Participation in this class activity and the ability to complete for home learning if necessary.

2. You will produce a minimum of three Black out poems.

3. Create an interesting title for each poem.

 

Remember you can do at least one with a partner. 

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Invite your family to try this - be adventurous and see what you can do! 

Poems can be free verse, use alliteration or onomatopoeia - the possibilities are endless.

Use any source such as newspapers, magazines, the financial pages! See what you can create.

 

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Workshop 2 on Black out Poetry 

FIRST

Why was Black out poetry first created? Was it because somebody was bored or because it helped a writer overcome writer's block?

ACTIVITY 1

For an answer watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oww7oB9rjgw

titled - Steal Like An Artist: Austin Kleon at TEDxKC

Published on Apr 24, 2012

Austin Kleon's talk "Steal Like An Artist" is a creative manifesto based on 10 things he wish he'd heard when he was starting out. Austin is a writer and artist. He's the author of Newspaper Blackout, a best-selling book of poetry made by redacting newspaper articles with a permanent marker. Austin's talk was delivered as part of the TEDxKC presentation of TEDxChange.

Austin's work (including his new book) "Steal Like An Artist" has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, and in The Wall Street Journal. He speaks about creativity, visual thinking, and being an artist online for organisations such as SXSW and The Economist. 

 

Activity 2

Find more resources for your Black out poems, for example photocopy pages from a novel you are familiar with and use this to create a visually interesting final poem - you may use more than one page to create 2 or more pages of Black out poetry.

If you have a favourite novel in a particular genre for example science fiction or horror, or romance, then try to select ideas from the photocopied pages that reflect the themes or genre.

Ask for help if this is difficult. 

Activity 3

Have you managed to choose interesting words or phrases from a piece of news media, novel or magazine?

Activity 4

Have you added colour, lines or some artistic element to your final piece?

See following for ideas on artistic approaches and colour in your poems :  http://prezi.com/8xpqofxc3trh/blackout-poetry/ 

Activity 5

Relate your poem to a theme in the novel you have photocopied pages from - for example 'Justice' or 'Injustice', 'Childhood innocence' in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The possibilities are endless.

Complete the activity OR continue for home learning.

Remember to add this piece to your anthology - take a photograph of the final piece or scan and add to your Power Point or Prezi.