Found poems are great tools for the classroom. For those students that are somewhat unsure about their abilities as poets, these poems can help them to get their feet wet. So, the use of Found poems in this group was a really great idea. I thought the use of various mediums was also a great idea as it would give students more options to get a better understanding of how they could utilize popular culture in order to get their point across.
I wonder if it would be going beyond the label of Found poem if students wanted to take some part of the speech or address a person had done and incorporate it into a poem. Perhaps if they had used a transcript in order to do this, then there would be some wiggle room provided. This could then be something really useful for making poetic reflections on things that politicians and political leaders had said in order to contrast them with the public's reactions.
I would definitely use Found poems for teaching English to students, but I would also be able to use them to help students learn more about politics. I believe that one of the greatest ways to get students involved is to give them a medium that is accessible. Found poems definitely make literature, poetry, english, and for that matter, political science more accessible and would help to keep students interested in the material that was being covered.
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