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