Blackout at Shoesmith

School
Shoesmith Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Joy Young

Date

Shoesmith students finished up the school year with a virtual lesson on blackout poetry. Blackout poetry is when poets use text from books, newspapers, or magazines to create visual art and poetry. Students experimented with blackout poetry by choosing pages from different stories, highlighting words and phrases that stood out to them, while eliminating unnecessary text in black.

With their digital paint brushes Shoesmith students created vibrant poetic artwork on their computer screens. Please enjoy these wonderful masterpieces.

School
Shoesmith Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Joy Young

Date

Ms. Wesson's 5th Grade Group 1

Two Goats Matthew B.

[Visual blackout poem – see image]

The Kid Alyce J.

[Visual blackout poem – see image]

The Plane Tree Iyanna W.

[Visual blackout poem – see image]

Family of Sons Kayla W.

[Visual blackout poem – see image]

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