Censored Poetry

Sample by Mrs. Gru From the Diary of a Young Girl, p. 167

lonely

In love

let me

drive away your loneliness

break through this

armor

of the opposite sex

Love, Anne

Also called Blackout poetry. You can take any piece of text. This is a piece of text from the Diary of Anne Frank, often banned for it's sexuality.

The idea comes from ALA's Banned Books Week Campaign in 2013 where text is blacked out to leave a message with the remaining words.

It is kind of like an anti-censorship statement. Take an activity used to censor, and transform it into something meaningful and beautiful.

In the case above, I used a highlighter so that the original text is still visible. But it can be as simple as blacking out the words you don't want.

Get the Prezi to introduce the lesson to Students: Blackout Poetry Prezi

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