"I Am" Poem Writing Template

Generate personal reflective content in response to sentence starters (e.g., "I wonder," "I feel," "I dream").

Structure a poem using a repeated refrain line built from two self-chosen characteristics.

Distinguish between a brainstorming/planning draft and a finished poem, per the page's explicit note.

Remind students, per the sheet's own note, that this is a planning page and their final poem should be copied out separately.

Model choosing two personal characteristics first, since that phrase repeats as the refrain closing all three stanzas.

Read a few completed "I Am" poems aloud as mentor texts before students fill in the sentence starters, since the template itself provides no example responses.

Reflective self-expression — students respond to prompts like "I wonder," "I feel," and "I dream" to describe themselves.

Refrain-based poem structuring — students repeat a self-chosen two-characteristic line at the end of each stanza.

Draft-to-final revision awareness — students use the sheet as a planning stage before writing a polished poem.