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    Found poems are created by taking existing text from novels and reformatting it into poetic lines and stanzas to give it a new interpretation. The document provides an example of a found poem created from three sentences from the novel "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah. Instructions are given on how to create a found poem by selecting text from another novel and arranging it poetically while maintaining the original word order and properly citing the source text.

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    Found poems are created by taking existing text from novels and reformatting it into poetic lines and stanzas to give it a new interpretation. The document provides an example of a found poem created from three sentences from the novel "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah. Instructions are given on how to create a found poem by selecting text from another novel and arranging it poetically while maintaining the original word order and properly citing the source text.

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    Found poems are created by taking existing text from novels and reformatting it into poetic lines and stanzas to give it a new interpretation. The document provides an example of a found poem created from three sentences from the novel "Born a Crime" by Trevor Noah. Instructions are given on how to create a found poem by selecting text from another novel and arranging it poetically while maintaining the original word order and properly citing the source text.

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    Found Poem

    Name: _________________________

    Found poems are created by taking existing text and reformatting them using poetic phrasing
    and stanzas to give them a new, poetic interpretation. You MUST cite the novel, using MLA
    (Modern Language Association) guidelines. See below.

    Below are 3 sentences from my current novel, ​Born a Crime: Stories from a South African
    Childhood​ by Trevor Noah:

    Eventually I came to a stop and pulled myself up, completely disoriented. I looked around and
    saw my mother, already on her feet. She turned and looked at me and screamed.

    “Run!”

    Reformatted for a Found Poem

    RUN!

    (words from: Noah, Trevor. ​Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood​, Doubleday
    Canada, 2016.)

    Eventually,

    I came to a stop

    and pulled myself up,

    completely disoriented

    I looked around

    and saw my mother--already on her feet

    She turned and looked at me

    and screamed

    “Run!”

    --arranged by A. Peach
    Directions:

    1. On the lines below, copy two or three unique, descriptive or peculiar sentences found in
    your silent reading book.
    2. Cite the sentences using the information you gathered below.
    3. Create a title for your poem.
    4. Beneath the title write (“words from” and give the citation)
    5. Break the sentences into poetic lines, arranging words and phrases in the most
    meaningful and surprising ways. Do NOT rearrange the word order.
    6. At the bottom of your poem, write “--arranged by (your name)

    In the space below, copy down 2 or 3 interesting sentences from your novel:

    __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________

    Cite​ these sentences from a book:

    Author’s name (Last Name, First name):___________________________________________

    Title of the Book: __________________ __________________________________________

    Publisher: ___________________________________________________________________

    Publication Year: _____________________________________________________________

    It will look like this:

    Last Name, First Name. ​Title of Book.​ Publisher, Publication Year.

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    On a separate sheet, break the sentences into a poem using poetic phrasing to bring a new
    interpretation to the words. Do NOT rearrange the word order.

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