Describe yourself or a character from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with a biopoem activity. Using the provided format, kids write their own characteristics or the character traits from the novel to create a poetic portrait.

Concepts

biopoems, pride and prejudice, jane austen, characterization

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the biopoem format in any novel unit to describe any character
• Include the lesson in the first week of school as a getting-to-know-you activity
• Bring into a unit about figurative language
• Have kids copy their poems onto the cover of a language arts folder or portfolio

Classroom Considerations

• Font is a little hard to read; consider rewriting the format worksheet to ease understanding

Pros

• Versatile and easy to use
• A great way to cover characterization in your class

Cons

• None