Blackout Studio

For grades 6 to 10, Blackout Studio is a digital blackout poetry activity in a single HTML file that runs offline in Chrome or Edge. It gives every student a clean, printable blackout poem made from a real newspaper column in one class period.

Students choose a column, tap or drag across the words they want to keep, and watch the kept words build a poem beside the page. Preview covers the rest with a solid marker or a pattern in the color they choose. The printed page shows the title, the student's name, the blacked-out column, and the poem typed underneath.

What's included

• Fourteen columns: nine original small-town newspaper columns from the early 1900s and five public-domain texts, including the Gettysburg Address, Walden, and Jack London on the 1906 earthquake.
• Paste any passage up to 600 words, and it becomes a column for your students.
• Undo, Clear, autosave for each column, and a Save file students can turn in and reopen anywhere.
• A teacher guide with a 45-minute lesson plan, a five-part rubric, sources, and a student directions sheet.

Grades: Grades 6 to 10.

How you get your files
After checkout, the download link is on the order page and in your confirmation email. Unzip the folder and open the HTML file in Chrome or Edge. It works offline, and students do not need an account.

Questions? support@trailposteducation.com