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I Am Poem Template

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I Am Poem Template

Read the example, then use the prompts to plan your own poem. Repeat your opening line at the end of each verse. Your ideas can be real or imagined.

Read the example

I am Ana, inventive and thoughtful I dream of a robot that can explore the Moon I wonder how far a paper plane could travel I hear tiny gears turning in the workshop I see bright lights blink across the control panel I want to build things that help people I am Ana, inventive and thoughtful I pretend my robot can dance on Saturn I feel a fizz of excitement before a new test I touch the cool metal arm of my machine I worry when a careful plan goes wrong I laugh when our robot spins in a circle I am Ana, inventive and thoughtful I understand that good ideas take practice I say, “Let’s try a different way” I believe teamwork makes tough jobs easier I hope our next invention surprises us I am Ana, inventive and thoughtful

1.Which two words describe Ana in the opening line?

2.Write one line from the poem that uses a sense. Name the sense it uses.

Plan your poem

Use your own ideas for each starter. You can write about yourself, an imagined character or a made-up world.

3.Complete an opening line with a name or identity and two describing words: “I am ___, ___ and ___.”

4.Write an idea for your poem after the starter “I dream of …”

5.Write a question or mystery for your poem after “I wonder …”

6.Add a sound to your poem after “I hear …”

7.Describe something you could see after “I see …”

8.Write something you would like to do or achieve after “I want …”

9.Imagine something impossible or playful to add after “I pretend …”

10.Describe a feeling or sensation after “I feel …”

11.Describe something you could touch after “I touch …”

Use your plan to write three short verses. Repeat your opening line at the end of each verse. Add your own ideas for the remaining “I Am” poem starters.