(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Check word frequency: If we use a word in a poem more than once, it's a pattern. Is this a generative pattern, or an accident?
Write 3 new titles for your poem.
Write 3 new opening lines for your poem. Do you like any of them more?
Enjamb the entire poem.
Underline your favorite 2-3 lines in the poem. Use those to start something new.
Change the POV of your poem.
Double-check capitalization. Is it consistent and with purpose?
Cut all the adjectives. What happens?
Make a blackout/erasure of your own poem.
Change the tense of your poem (past/
present/ future).
Cut the last stanza (or 4-6 lines). Replace it with something new.
Look up the vocab of a topic unrelated to your poem (beekeeping,etc.) Use three of those words in your poem.
Re-write your poem with the exact same words but totally different line breaks and stanzas.
Highlight all the sensory images in your poem. Rewrite anything you didn't highlight.
Find a line you dislike. Rewrite it 5 different ways.
Divide the poem into couplets.
Double-check all the punctuation for consistency, for rhythm - does every comma have a purpose?
Cut the clutter (filler words).
Add 3 commands to the poem (the imperative mode).
Count the number of lines in your poem.Cut 1/3 of them.
Read your poem out loud 3x. Change any areas that sound "weird."
Add a stanza (or 4-6 lines, if prose) to the middle of the poem.
Add 3 negative phrases to your poem (Do not / Never / etc.)
Use the words: "treasure," "moon," and "fall" somewhere in the poem.
