Blackout Poetry

School
Taft High School

Poet in Residence
Timothy David Rey

Date

Blackout Poetry: A blackout poem is when a poet takes a marker (usually black marker) to already established text–like in a newspaper–and starts redacting words until a poem is formed. The key thing with a blackout poem is that the text AND redacted text form a sort of visual poem.

Lesson Note: “Like critical thinking, newspaper blackout poetry is a process of revelation, an uncovering of meaning. Pedagogically, blackout poetry makes students active participants in the construction of knowledge and understanding, one of the core objectives of honors education. The honors classroom then becomes a model for ‘taking intellectual risks'”-Engaging Honors Students Through Blackout Poetry, Melissa Ladenheim, University of Maine, 2014.

School
Taft High School

Poet in Residence
Timothy David Rey

Date

Ms. Taylor 9th Grade, Period 1

Untitled Isaiah P.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Karolina R.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Diandra R.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Christopher S.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Tamia W.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Ms. Taylor 8th Grade, Period 2

Untitled Annelese C.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Ella G.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Brady K.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Christian L.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Lily M.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Nkonyeasua O.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Pierson S.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Joanna T.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Ms. Taylor 8th Grade, Period 5

Untitled Brendan B.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Emma C.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Meghan C.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Mateo F.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Matthew K.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Colin M.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Ms. Taylor 8th Grade, Period 6

Untitled Brian C.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Nathan C.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Evan D.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Evan F.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Kevin G.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Olivia K.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Christopher P.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Jimmy S.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Lana T.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Ms. Taylor 9th Grade, Period 7

Untitled Alexis F.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Adeleah R.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Genesys R.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

Untitled Ernesto V.

[Visual blackout poem – newspaper with redacted text]

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