October Identity Narrative Personality Tree - due next Tuesday-  Create a tree and label each part with the following: 1. roots = life influences and beliefs 2. trunk = family structure (who makes up your family) 3. branches = relationships and connections, interests, how you spend your time 4. leaves = your achievements 5. buds = your ideas and hopes for the future 6. fruit = your passions 7. flowers = what makes you special, your strengths 8. thorns = challenges, threats and difficulties Write a well-developed paragraph to explain your tree. 1. Explain and give specific explanations for what you included on your tree. 2. Explain which ones were easy and which ones you struggled with.

If you were a tree, which would you be? How do you see yourself? Old and wise?

Prickly?

Laid back and breezy?

Cool?

Pretty and sweet?

Wise and colorful?

Unusual, stoic and surprising?

Protective?

October Identity Narrative Personality Tree - Expressive Writing First, create a tree and label each part with the following: 1. roots = life influences and beliefs 2. trunk = family structure (who makes up your family) 3. branches = relationships and connections, interests, how you spend your time 4. leaves = your achievements 5. buds = your ideas and hopes for the future 6. fruit = your passions 7. flowers = what makes you special, your strengths 8. thorns = challenges, threats and difficulties

Next, Write a well-developed paragraph to explain your tree. 1. Explain and give specific explanations for what you included on your tree. 2. Explain which ones were easy and which ones you struggled with. For example, “My branches were hard to put into words because I feel like my relationships and connections with friends are always changing”.

F- Well-developed paragraph A- peers, teacher, parents But first, get organized write FATPP vertically, then analyze the prompt: F- Well-developed paragraph A- peers, teacher, parents T- Use a tree as a metaphor to describe your personality in detail P- inform, entertain P – graphic organizer

Your Identity Narrative Page must include: Each page must be one 8.5x11 piece of cardstock. (All pages must be the same size.) VISUAL - A tree that represents you. WRITING– hand printed neatly or typed and attached to the base page. This is an informative writing piece: well-developed paragraph to explain your tree. ***most important part – be detailed and specific!! Border – follow what you have been doing on other pages Title – give your page an original and creative title Your Name – your name as the author must be on the front of the page

Now let’s generate ideas using a graphic organizer. Summing it up: October Identity Narrative Personality Tree - due next Tuesday-  Create a tree and label each part with the following: 1. roots = life influences and beliefs 2. trunk = family structure (who makes up your family) 3. branches = relationships and connections, interests, how you spend your time 4. leaves = your achievements 5. buds = your ideas and hopes for the future 6. fruit = your passions 7. flowers = what makes you special, your strengths 8. thorns = challenges, threats and difficulties Write a well-developed paragraph to explain your tree. 1. Explain and give specific explanations for what you included on your tree. 2. Explain which ones were easy and which ones you struggled with. Now let’s generate ideas using a graphic organizer.