4B Bucket List

Tell me about one of your books from your bucket list. Which one have you decided to read this 1st quarter? Why did you decide to read this book first?

3B Bucket List

Tell me about one of your books from your bucket list. Which one have you decided to read this 1st quarter? Why did you decide to read this book first?

2B Bucket List

Tell me about one of your books from your bucket list. Which one have you decided to read this 1st quarter? Why did you decide to read this book first?

4A Bucket List

Tell me about one of your books from your bucket list. Which one have you decided to read this 1st quarter? Why did you decide to read this book first?

3A Bucket List

Tell me about one of your books from your bucket list. Which one have you decided to read this 1st quarter? Why did you decide to read this book first?

1A Bucket List

Tell me about one of your books from your bucket list. Which one have you decided to read this 1st quarter? Why did you decide to read this book first?

I Am Poem

Poetry deals with the emotions, just as music. An autobiographical poem is personal—it reveals something about the person writing the poem. It does not have to rhyme. Below is a simple plan to write your own autobiographical poem. Just follow the steps and—before you know it—it’s done.

 

Write this on notebook paper or type into a word processor. This will be your first blog post!

I AM Poem

FIRST STANZA

I am (two special characteristics you have)

I wonder (something you are actually curious about)

I hear (an imaginary sound)

I see (an imaginary sight

I want (an actual desire)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

SECOND STANZA

I pretend (something you actually pretend to do)

I feel (a feeling about something imaginary)

I touch (an imaginary touch)

I worry (something that really bothers you)

I cry (something that makes you very sad)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

THIRD STANZA

I understand (something you know is true)

I say (something you believe in)

I dream (something you actually dream about)

I try (something you really make an effort about)

I hope (something you actually hope for)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

Portrait Poem Example #1

I AM

I am a nutty guy who likes dolphins.
I wonder what I, and the world, will be like in the year 2000.
I hear silence pulsing in the middle of the night.
I see a dolphin flying up to the sky.
I want the adventure of life before it passes me by.
I am a nutty guy who likes dolphins.

I pretend that I'm the ruler of the world.
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders.
I touch the sky, the stars, the moon, and all the planets as
representatives of mankind.
I worry about the devastation of a nuclear holocaust.
I cry for all the death and poverty in the world
I am a nutty guy who likes dolphins.

I understand the frustration of not being able to do something easily.
I say that we are all equal.
I dream of traveling to other points on the earth.
I try to reach out to poor and starving children.
I hope that mankind will be at peace and not die out.
I am a nutty guy who likes dolphins.

--SANDY MAAS

 

Much of the above information was edited from http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/portrait.html.