” 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
Below is a virtual gallery walk of some of the students’ Blackout Poems. Some are in mid-process.
Ms. Wright’s 7th Grade Classrooms: Poets represented are: Xufeng Z., Zifeng H., Celina L., Montae C., Zuxian R., Sophia M., Raymond Z., Ryan H.
