I wasn’t introduced to I Poetry until my senior year when I took Dr. Trathen’s class. I loved it instantly. I enjoy writing them from the stances of characters in books, but have used them in my classroom to specifically discuss historical figures. We have written them while learning about the Civil Rights era and when discussing President’s Day. It is always amazing to me how profound my young students can be in their I Poetry. I am always proud of what they do. Not only do the I Poems show how creative the students are… it shows how well they have learned the content. I am planning to do a project with my students and I Poems very soon. On my poetry page you can see the I Poem I wrote. I plan to share this with my students. I wrote it from the perspective of one of our class pets: Humphrey the turtle. They will really get a kick out of it and it will be a great model for them. I have never had my students write I Poems that are that long, but we have always used the template. I think they need the fill in the blank model at that age.
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