1) First Name
2) Four descriptive traits
3) Sibling of...
4) Lover of...
5) Who feels...
6) Who needs...
7) Who gives...
8) Who fears...
9) Who would like to see...
10) Resident of...
11) Last Name
The purpose of the Bio Poem was to get the kids thinking about themselves and who they are; which words they would use to describe themselves. Then, after writing the poems, I had a few children read their poems outloud to the group (ones I already knew would not be nervous to do such a thing). We then talked, as a group, about what kind of photographs he/she (the person who read their poem aloud) could make in order to visually express those ideas and descriptions of himself/herself. The students then began to think about their own poems and what kind of photographs they might make. I handed out the cameras and let them loose on the open world outside the school's doors. The end products speak for themselves.
