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Found Poem Instructions Template

Students can use the found poem instructions in this handout to write their own found poems.

Subject

English & Language Arts
History
Social Studies

Language

English — US

Updated

December 8, 2023

Culture & Identity

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Found Poem Instructions Template

Date of Publication: December 2023

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This handout provides student instructions writing a found poem. Found poems are poems composed using only words they find in another text. These found poem instructions are available in either PDF or Google Doc format.

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Facing History & Ourselves, “Found Poem Instructions Template”, last updated December 8, 2023.

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