Ms. Kinsch's 5th grade class's American Idea, "Found" Style

    Found poetry is the rearrangement of words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages that are taken from other sources and reframed as poetry by changes in spacing and/or lines (and consequently meaning), or by altering the text by additions and/or deletions. Ms. Kinsch's 5th grade class applied this same concept to essays written by her students, to create a "Found" style essay:

      Freedom is the basis of America.  To have freedom is to choose what you want to do, and not all other countries have this extraordinary right.  Our freedom of speech, the freedom to vote, the freedom to practice our own religion, and many other freedoms makes us special in the world.  You have a choice of what you want to happen because you can vote on what you think is the right thing to do.   To have free speech is to be able to express your opinion freely on certain subjects.   If we could not say what we think, the best way to solve our problems wouldn't be found.  Expressing ourselves is all we could ever ask for. 
     

   Because of Americas freedoms, many people come to America, and so America is extremely diverse.  America has rights that other countries don't and they are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.  People have the equal right to go to school without being bullied for their beliefs.  Our family can practice my own religion and not be judged by skin color at work or school.  We are free to choose the job we want to do and to benefit from our own hard work.  All of these reasons and more such as diversity, to safely protest, to have the right to vote, and to have a fair trial is what makes being a American the best freedom of all.  The best part, though, is you get to say what you want.   No one can take our freedoms away from us.

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