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Today we will make a blackout poem. Blackout poems come from what you do to create the poem: you "black out" (cross out) any words on the page of text that you do not want in your finished product. Why are we doing this? 1. Because it's fun 🎈 and creative. 2. Because we can use it to show our understanding 🧠 of a character in a story 📚. How will we do this? 1. Pick a character from The Odyssey. 2. Take a screenshot of a page in The Odyssey that you feel has interesting words and actions around the character you selected, and helps show their development, interactions, or traits. 3. Use any tools in the function to create a poem that a) shows off what kind of character they are, and b) is lyrical, interesting, creative, and fun to make! 4. Watch the video I've made about how to complete this to get a better idea.