Learning Questions:Can I create a poem which conveys

aspects of my identity?

Today's title:Identity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roRw5TS9VlE

Next term, we will begin a unit based on the theme of 'Otherness'; in order to do this, we need to consider the theme of 'identity'.

What does identify mean?

What makes you, you?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

What makes you, you?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

Me

Parents?

Siblings?

Other family members?Friends?

People at school?

Coaches, instructors, people who've helped you?

Important events / experiences in your life?

Hobbies?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

I am...................

Have a go at writing your own 'I am' poem.

You don't have to show anyone what you've written - although if you would like to, of course you can once we've all had a try.

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

I am…………..

I am

I am

I amwho

andwho

I amthat

andthat

I am

and

I amwho

I am

and

I am who I am because of everyone (everything?).

It ain't what you do, it's what it does to you.

Now we are going to read a poem together called:

What do you think this poem might be about?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

It ain't what you do, it's what it does to you.I have not bummed across Americawith only a dollar to spare, one pairof busted Levi’s and a bowie knife.I have lived with thieves in Manchester.

I have not padded through the Taj Mahal,barefoot, listening to the space betweeneach footfall, picking up and putting downits print against the marble floor. But I

skimmed flat stones across Black Moss on a dayso still I could hear each set of ripplesas they crossed. I felt each stone’s inertiaspend itself against the water; then sink.

I have not toyed with a parachute cordwhile perched on the lip of a light aircraft;but I held the wobbly head of a boyat the day centre, and stroked his fat hands.

And I guess that the lightness in the throatand the tiny cascading sensationsomewhere inside us are both part of thatsense of something else. That feeling, I mean.

Simon Armitage

List everything the poet has not done.

List everything the poet has done.

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

Copy this grid in to your book:

Dreams / things I would love to do but haven't yet had the opportunity to

Things I have achieved / important events or experiences that have made me emotional or that I have learnt from

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

It ain't what you do, it's what it does to you.I have not (describe what you’ve not done but would like to)

I have (describe what you have done that’s had an impact)

I have not (describe what you’ve not done but would like to)

. But I (describe what you have done that’s had an impact)

. I felt (describe how you felt)

I have not

but I(describe what you have done that’s had an impact)

And I guess that the lightness in the throatand the tiny cascading sensationsomewhere inside us are both part of thatsense of something else. That feeling, I mean.