“Found Poem” Assignment:

Name: ____________________________________ Date: _________________________

You are to create a “Found Poem” by looking through magazines and news papers for words and

phrases that you find powerful, moving or interesting. You will then cut out and arrange these words

and phrases on a colored piece of paper for your poem. You must choose only one topic and stick to

that one topic in your poem. A topic you may choose can be: cars, hockey, make -up, movies etc. Don’t

forget to add simple and complex words in your poem as well as nouns, verbs and adjectives.

The “Found Poem” must be 10 lines long and each line must contain at least 4 words and all must

pertain to just one topic. This poem must be handed in on another piece of paper, and the color of the

paper should relate to the mood/tone of your poem, for example if you write about sunshine and happy

thoughts a black piece of paper will not bring the right mood to your poem.

You will be marked on your spelling, presentation of your poem, if you stayed to one topic in your poem,

and on the flow and organization of your poem.

For a bonus mark, you must be able to identify at least one figurative language piece in your poem and

have a valid reason how it works and why it is effective in your poem.