I Poetry-Persona Poetry

• Persona Poems, Mask Poems, or I Poems are written in the first person where the poet assumes the identity of the poem’s subject.

• Kucan (2006) suggests inviting students to write “I” poems as a means of deepening their literary understandings of a particular character, setting, or plot from children’s novels.

• In addition, persona poems (I POEMS) provide the perfect innovation for informational poetry writing.

• After researching a self-selected topic or one with a curriculum-related focus, students are invited to write about the topic, include specific content (factual information), and develop a sense of wonder or curiosity about the topic through the use of poetic language and literary devices.

Writing Informational Persona Poetry: Transforming Ideas through Instructional Scaffolding PowerPoint IPOEM

LINKS:

• ipoem (MS-Word_Instructions with Literary Models)

• IamPoem_Blank_4 (MS-Word_Student Copy with lines)

• I_Am_GraphicOrg (MS-Word_Graphic Organizer)

• instructionalframework_09   (MS-Word_Developed by Frye)
• ipoem2voiceshandout ( I POEM for 2 Voices Developed by Frye)
  • Cinderella Example 1 jenny
  • Cinderella Example 2 lauren
    

Literary Models/Assignment

• How to Write an I am Poem
• I am Poem Template 1 (pdf)
• Online I am Poem Generator
  • I Poetry from our environment!
  • Examples of I Poems written by MA Reading Students (Teachers!)
    • Thurgood Marshall by Brooke L.
    • Elephant Mother by Lori H.
    • Dinosaur Project by Emily R.
    • Middle Ages  by Kate B.
    • Jesse Owens by Melinda K.
    • Blackbeard by Kelley W.’s 4th Grade Class
    • I am a Frog by Katie B.’s 2nd Grade Class and Saguaro Cactus
  • 5th Grade Project…Social Justice!  This is the project I worked on last semester. These 5th graders wrote I POEMS, We ARE Poems and then we created iMovies and loaded them to Teacher Tube.
  • http://sj2009.wordpress.com/