MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

EDSA, Caloocan City

Basic Education Department
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PETA #5 BLACKOUT POETRY

LPW 012- 21st Century Literature from the Grade 11/12
Subject Sections
Philippines and the World

I. Performance Standard:
The learner will be able to demonstrate understanding and appreciation of 21st century
literature of the world through a written close analysis and critical interpretation of a
literary text in terms of form and theme, with a description of its context derived from
research.

II. Description: Express oneself by transforming any existing piece of text into a poem.

III. Given: Joining a blackout poetry-making competition

The local bar that has also become a hub for writers, artists, and performers is
organizing its annual blackout poetry-making competition, and this year’s theme is Asian
Poetry. As one of the famous poets in the literary scene, you have been invited by
your colleagues to join the said competition. You are going to present the output of
your work to the premier literary magazine circulated in the Southeast Asian
countries.

IV. Requirement:
Create a blackout poetry. Cut out a page from an old newspaper, magazine, or another
page of text that you don’t need anymore. You can go with the flow, blacking out
everything except what feels right as you read through the page or you can make more
of a plan, writing your poem out on scrap paper before you commit to a final version. Use
a marker to black out the words you don’t want in your poem, keeping the words visible
that you do want to use. Continue blacking out words until your poem is complete.

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Reference: The Bachelor by: greenwriter (JANELLE RUIZ) (p.41)

Note: Ma’am I scanned the page in my book and edit it so I can black out the words that I don’t

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need , because my friend gave this book and I don’t want to ruin it . Thank you for
understanding .

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RUBRIC FOR GRADING:

RUBRIC FOR BLACKOUT POETRY

NEEDS
EXEMPLARY VERY GOOD GOOD
CRITERIA IMPROVEMENT
10 8-9 5-7
1-4
Student
Student devoted
Student devoted a devoted Student devoted
little time and
lot of time and adequate time some time and
effort to the
effort to the and effort to effort to the
THE WRITING writing process. It
writing process the writing writing process
PROCESS / appears that the
and worked hard process and but was not very
student does not
to make the poem worked to get thorough. Does
EFFORT care about the
a good read. The the job done. enough to get
assignment. The
poem has no The poem may by. There are
poem has many
errors. have one or several errors.
errors.
two errors.
TITLE The poem has a The poem has a The poem has a The poem has no
title that clearly title that relates title title

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 relates to the to the poem
poem and adds
interest to the
theme or message
of the poem
The poem is The poem is
written with a written with a The poem is
The poem lacks
great sense of defined with written
style and the
style. The poem style. somewhat with
STYLE thoughts did not
has been well Thoughts are style. Thoughts
come out clearly
thought out and clear to read are clear to a
on paper.
makes sense to and degree.
the reader. understandable.
The poem is
The poem The poem The poem lacks
filled with
includes many includes some description and
descriptive
VOCABULARY descriptive descriptive does not allow the
vocabulary that
elements and is words and reader to visualize
appeals to the
appealing. phrases. the poem.
reader.
The final draft
The final draft of of the poem is
The final draft
the poem is readable, neat
of the poem is The final draft is
readable, clean, and attractive.
readable and not neat or
neat and It may have
some of the attractive. It looks
attractive. It is one or two
pages are like the student
NEATNESS free of erasures erasures, but
attractive. It just wanted to get
and crossed-out they are not
looks like parts it done and didn’t
words. It looks distracting. It
of it might have care what it
like the author looks like the
been done in a looked like.
took great pride author took
hurry.
in it. some pride in
it.
TOTAL SCORE /50

Prepared by:

MA. THERESA S. MANALANG

PAMELA MAY D. SARMIENTO

LPW Subject Teachers

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