Portrait Poem Assignment

Read the Portrait Poem Assignment Instructions linked below. Write a portrait poem (to introduce yourself) and post it to your personal blog in the About page. Also write an acrostic poem about yourself and post that there as well. It would be nice if you could include photos to illustrate. Use the examples below to help you create the poems. Use the list of character trait words to help you select interesting and appropriate vocabulary that describes you (see links below).

• Portrait Poem Assignment Instructions

• Portrait Poems Links (also known as I Am Poems)
  • Portrait Poems (I am) Examples
  • I am Poem Example
  • I am or Bio Poem Example
  • How to Write an I am Poem
  • I am Poem Template 1 (pdf)
  • Book of I am Poems by Blank Street Children (Download as PDF file) (Web Site)

• Acrostic Poems for Children
  • Acrostic Poems with Children's Names
  • How to Write Acrostic Poems

• Portrait Poem Example--Woody
• Portrait Poem Example--Dorothy
• Portrait Poems by ASU Students

• The List Poem
  • List Poem for Introductions
  • List Poem Lesson Plan--Names

• "Me Map"Alternative Assignment
  • "Me Map" Example: Trathen
  • "Me Map" Example: Shekita Danielle (For 1st grade)
  • ASU Student Examples (upper grades):
    • (Meet Miss M. 1, Miss M. 2, Miss M. 3, Miss M. 4, Miss M. 5)
      (Meet Mr. B. 1, Mr. B. 2)
    • (Meet Miss F 1., Miss F. 2, Miss F. 3, Miss F. 4 , Miss F. 5, Miss F. 6)
    • PowerPoint Me Map--Amy M

• If I Were In Charge of the World by Judith Viorst (Another Poem Structure)
  • If I Were In Charge of the World Poem Generator
  • If I Were In Charge of the World Template

List of Character Trait Words

Picture Dictionary

Resources for Teaching Poetry

Rhyming Dictionary Online