(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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Re-write your poem with the exact same words but totally different line breaks and stanzas.
Find a line you dislike. Rewrite it 5 different ways.
Read your poem out loud 3x. Change any areas that sound "weird."
Look up the vocab of a topic unrelated to your poem (beekeeping,etc.) Use three of those words in your poem.
Cut the last stanza (or 4-6 lines). Replace it with something new.
Change the POV of your poem.
Highlight all the sensory images in your poem. Rewrite anything you didn't highlight.
Enjamb the entire poem.
Count the number of lines in your poem.Cut 1/3 of them.
Write 3 new opening lines for your poem. Do you like any of them more?
Cut all the adjectives. What happens?
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?
Change the tense of your poem (past/
present/ future).
Add a stanza (or 4-6 lines, if prose) to the middle of the poem.
Divide the poem into couplets.
Double-check capitalization. Is it consistent and with purpose?
Double-check all the punctuation for consistency, for rhythm - does every comma have a purpose?
Make a blackout/erasure of your own poem.
Write 3 new titles for your poem.
Add 3 commands to the poem (the imperative mode).
Underline your favorite 2-3 lines in the poem. Use those to start something new.
Add 3 negative phrases to your poem (Do not / Never / etc.)
Use the words: "treasure," "moon," and "fall" somewhere in the poem.
