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Why:
Let your students represent themselves in the form of poetry.
How:
- Provide students with an “I Am Poem” template, either electronically, or through the template below to write their own poems. Feel free to make changes/selections to your own template(s).
| The I Am Poem | ||
|---|---|---|
| I am | (two special characteristics the person or thing has) | |
| I wonder | (something the person or thing could actually be curious about) | |
| I hear | (an imaginary or actual sound) | |
| I see | (an imaginary or actual sight) | |
| I want | (a desire) | |
| I pretend | (something the person or thing could actually pretend to do) | |
| I feel | (a feeling about the imaginary) | |
| I touch | (an imaginary touch) | |
| I worry | (something that could really bother the person or thing) | |
| I cry | (something that could make the person or thing sad) | |
| I am | (the first line of the poem is repeated) | |
| I understand | (something the person or thing knows to be true) | |
| I say | (something the person or thing believes) | |
| I dream | (something the person or thing could actually dream about) | |
| I try | (something the person or thing could make an effort to do) | |
| I hope | (something the person or thing could hope for) | |
| I am | (the first line of the poem repeated) |
- Once the students have completed writing their poems, students can share their poems with their classmates, either in-class or online (e.g. LMS or other online workspace)