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Handout #3-Setting Found Poems

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What is a Found Poem? Use excerpts of the setting presented in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men to inspire Found Poetry. An explanation is given, and the second page houses an example of a Found Poem inspired by Black Boy, but you'll have to select the setting excerpts yourself (those are not provided). 

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8th - 9th
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English Language Arts
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