1. Portrait Poems What is a Portrait Poem and How Do I Do One??

2. Why do Portrait Poems? To introduce yourself to your students To help your students introduce themselves to one another and to you To allow students to learn about who they are and what makes them similar to others as well as different from others – to see their “ness”

3. Portrait Poem Directions  Several different poems to choose from: http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/port rait.html  My Portrait Poem My Portrait Poem

4. Requirements Choose one of the portrait poem formats Create your own portrait poem Be creative and illustrate your portrait poem in some way Bring a hard copy to class on Friday If you can – email a copy to me also.