One of my favorites is dada poetry. Here's how I do it:
1. Give students a stack of magazines.
2. Give them a time limit to cut out words that appeal to their senses. Be sure to require that they find different parts of speech.
3. Have the class compile a box of "found words." You could categorize them by parts of speech if you want to.
4. Give each student a chance to take a handful (or a specific number) of words without looking.
5. Have each student construct a poem with the found words. I also allow my students to write in articles, prepositions, and conjunctions as well as punctuation as needed.
Behold the magic that is created!
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Just out of curiosity, how much time did you give them for this?
ReplyDeleteHi, Lisa! I have done it different ways. When they have to cut the words out in class, it takes a verrrrrrrrry long time. My favorite way is to have each student bring in about ten words cut out already. I makes a rule that they can't be conjunctions, articles, prepositions, etc. We then mix them up and each student comes to the pile and selects ten words without looking to then create their poems. It goes much quicker that way! :)
DeleteI love dada poetry.
ReplyDeleteNeha