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