Tesha Crego-Rojas

Journey of Love

Poetry is a form of writing that can prove to be difficult for many people. About five years ago, I found myself wanting to challenge my high school students with poetry, but I did not want to just read a poem and have them analyze it. I was sitting at my dining room table with my computer sitting in front of me when I began my google search for poetry lessons. After weeding through lesson after boring lesson, I came across a YouTube video of an artist that created blackout poetry out of old books and paint. When I watched his video it inspired me to create a lesson of Blackout Poetry for my students. This was a way for me to integrate cross-curricular subject matters into my classroom as well.