| Student Poems
for The Book of Me |
| When I Was a Child... Write a poem using the following as a guide. Remember, you may choose to write several sentences for each starter, or you may simply finish the sentence. This poem should focus on how you have grown and changed physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually over the course of your life. Remeber to use imagery and examples of figurative language in your poem and try to use higher level vocabulary. Your finished poem should be polished and edited for grammatical and spelling mistakes. When I was a child... I wanted to be... I believed... I hoped... I loved... I learned... I was certain... When I began to grow... I wanted to be... I believed... I hoped... I loved... I learned... I was certain... Now that I am almost grown... I wantto be... I believe... I hope... I love... I learn... I am certain... I Am |