SEL focus! To help our kids build personal awareness and help us get to know them, we're all doing a Personal Poem this month. Ask your Kodiak about theirs, or make your own with the template here.
Printable copy
PERSONAL POEM WRITING GUIDE
Follow these directions and you will discover that you are a poet. Write only what is indicated on each line.
Line 1: Your first name only
Line 2: Four traits (adjectives) which describe you
Line 3: Fan of (three people or ideas or a combination)
Line 4: Who feels (three sensations)
Line 5: Who finds enjoyment in (three items)
Line 6: Who needs (three items)
Line 7: Who gives (three items)
Line 8: Who fears (three items)
Line 9: Who would like to see (three items)
Line 10: Who is good at (three items)
Line 11: Who likes to wear (three colors and/or items)
Line 12: Resident of (your city, street, or road name)
Line 13: Your last name only
Example:
Jennifer
Sweet, friendly and outgoing
Fan of chocolate, egg salad sandwiches and French fries
Who feels happy listening to country music, love for all animals, joy when taking care of her nephew
Who finds enjoyment in reading romance novels, riding horses, lying in the warm sun at the park
Who needs love, understanding and a little privacy
Who gives advice to her friends, smiles to strangers, a bad time to her little brother
Who fears being alone, hairy spiders, getting a “C” in science
Who would like to see the world from the top of a very high mountain, food and shelter for the homeless, an “A” in
science on her report card
Who is good at Frisbee throwing, drawing stick figures, writing notes to friends
Who likes to wear bright colors, shorts, beads
Resident of Greenbrier
Thomas
Read your poem out-loud and share it using "screencastify" or "talk and comment."