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Personal Identity Chart – Self-Reflection Tool

Self-image, relationships, and culture are explored across four quadrants of a "Who Am I?" identity chart graphic organizer.
Grades
Not Grade Specific
File type
Microsoft Word
Editable
Yes

Updated Apr 08, 2023

Subject
ELA, Writing, Creative Writing, Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Topic
identity chart, graphic organizers
Resource types
Teacher Tools, Graphic Organizers
Editable
Yes

About this resource

What's inside this resource

A single-page graphic organizer centers on the question "Who Am I?" and divides student reflection into four quadrants: Self-Image ("Who do I think I am?"), Public Image ("How do others see me?"), Relationships with Friends and Family, and Culture (ethnic background and place in society). Supporting prompts under each quadrant ask specific reflective questions, such as "What are my personal dreams and goals?", "Do I fit in well in my group of friends?", and "What is the influence of my ethnicity?", giving students concrete starting points rather than one open-ended writing task. The chart is designed as a personal, written self-reflection activity a student completes individually, making it suitable as a stand-alone SEL exercise or as a pre-writing tool before a personal-narrative or identity-themed essay.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Reflect on and articulate aspects of personal identity across self-image, public perception, relationships, and cultural background.

  • Generate specific, concrete responses to guided self-reflection prompts as a foundation for personal narrative writing.

Teaching tips

  • Use this as a pre-writing activity before assigning a personal-narrative or identity-themed essay, since the prompts map naturally onto narrative content.

  • Give students private space to complete the chart individually before any class discussion, given the personal nature of the prompts.

  • Revisit a completed chart later in the year as a self-reflection check-in on how a student's answers may have changed.

Skills covered

  • Guided self-reflection — students answer specific prompts about self-image, relationships, and culture to build a written personal-identity profile.

  • Pre-writing organization — students generate categorized content (self-image, public image, relationships, culture) that can scaffold a personal-narrative essay.

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