"Everything we have seen and touched and heard and experienced has, in some way, made us who we are." Your young learners will use this resource to create lists of influences (people, animal, nature, places, etc.) in their lives and to describe them through a creative writing piece.

Concepts

Narrative Writing, freewriting, poetry, narrative poetry, poetry writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• This would be an excellent addition to a lesson introducing poetry or creative writing to elementary students

Classroom Considerations

• The graphics on the worksheet are slightly pixelated, but the wording is clear

Pros

• Includes poem by Walt Whitman to introduce the activity
• Themes and activity variations included

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.3.4 W.3.8 W.4.4 W.4.8 W.5.4 W.5.8