I Am and Found Poem Rubric Big Ideas for Literacy I are centered around the role of self.

Who are you? How did you become that way? Where do you want to go? How will you get there? We are going to use two forms of poetry to explore who we are. I Am- This form of poetry is a powerful way to explore how people are alike and different. While it is based on a form, many answers will be very different from one person to the next. Students fill the blank spots in the poem and use it to describe who they are. Found- While I Am poetry is all about following a layout, this poetry is about thinking outside the box. Students will collect magazine and newspaper words to form a poem that they feel adequately expresses who they are. The subject of this poem must be who the student feels they are. ____10 points- I Am poem ____10 points- Found poem

I Am and Found Poem Rubric Big Ideas for Literacy I are centered around the role of self. Who are you? How did you become that way? Where do you want to go? How will you get there? We are going to use two forms of poetry to explore who we are. I Am- This form of poetry is a powerful way to explore how people are alike and different. While it is based on a form, many answers will be very different from one person to the next. Students fill the blank spots in the poem and use it to describe who they are. Found- While I Am poetry is all about following a layout, this poetry is about thinking outside the box. Students will collect magazine and newspaper words to form a poem that they feel adequately expresses who they are. The subject of this poem must be who the student feels they are. ____10 points- I Am poem ____10 points- Found poem