Poems: cut out words from newspaper and magazines

 

• Select some newspapers and magazines, leaf through them, and cut out interesting words and phrases from headlines. It is best to collect somewhere between 50 and 75 words and phrases from different sections of newspapers and magazines to gather a range of vocabulary, as well as selections of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
• Scatter the words and phrases on a table and look for themes, synonyms, rhyming words, etc.
• Arrange and rearrange the words and phrases on a page and read them aloud to check for fluency and impression. Because there is a visual quality to headline poetry, the placement of text can contribute to the presentation of ideas and meaning.
• When the desired order and placement of text is achieved, paste the words onto a blank sheet of construction paper.