In this activity, students will read an excerpt from a speech given by Abraham Lincoln. They will then use Google Slides to create a Blackout Poem using the text from the speech. A video instructing students how to use Slides to create the poem is included in the student procedure. They will respond to their classmates’ poems in the next activity.
Students could create the blackout poem using Google Slides or optionally print out the excerpt and use black permanent marker. Students could take a picture of the completed poem and submit the file digitally. Give students a deadline to submit their poems because they will need those for the last activity.
There are a variety of applications that may be used to facilitate the Blackout Poetry strategy. The video below provides an example of how to create a Blackout Poem using Google Slides. The benefit to using Google Slides, Drawings, or Microsoft Powerpoint, is that images may easily be added to the poems.
Blackout Poetry on Google Slides
Other apps that may be used for Blackout Poetry include, Google Docs, Google Drawings, Microsoft Word and Powerpoint.