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Blackout poetry has been a passion of mine since I taught in Maryland. During one of our professional development days, there was a session about blackout poetry, so I chose it. And I am so glad I did. I loved this idea of combining poetry with literature and art. It can be used in so many different subject and lessons. When covid hit and we couldn't do much of paper and pencil, I thought my Blackout Poetry activities were put on hold, but then I discovered this amazing way to use Google Slides to create blackout poems. I try to incorporate at least once a unit. Here are some of the examples I've used with my middle school students.
This is a template for ANY Blackout Poetry. It Is set up for you to include any text that you want your students to analyze and interpret. Below you will find created examples from multiple texts I have used in the past.
This is a template for the short story "Freak the Geek" by John Green. We use this short story in our IFL unit with the theme of "Seeing and Being Seen". The students have had previous activities focusing on the themes of the story and this is a way to visualize the theme.
This is a template for the short story "The Most Important Night of Melanie's Life" by Richard Peck. We use this short story in our IFL unit with the theme of "Creepy Tales". The students have had previous activities focusing on the themes of the story and this is a way to visualize the theme and practice adding creepiness to their written work to practice for their culminating task for the unit.
This is a template I use for the first week of school. The excerpts I used from a self help book called "You Are Enough". It has great choice words for students to use if they are feeling hopeful at the beginning of the year as well as feeling uncertain or stressed. It is a great way to get to know your students during the first week of school and also a way for students to express themselves through words and art.
This is a template that uses excerpts from the speech of our Inaugural poet of 2021, Amanda Gorman, "The Hill We Climb". Amanda Gorman is an amazing young poet who has a way with words that you cannot help but smile. This is a chance for students to get inspired. You can also do some background activities where they discuss and annotate the speech itself and learn more about Amanda Gorman. This can be a culminating task for the lesson.
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