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

2. Prickly?

3. Laid back and breezy?

4. Cool?

5. Pretty and sweet?

6. Wise and colorful?

7. Unusual, stoic and surprising?

8. Protective?

9. 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

10. 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”.

11. 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

20. 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.
Don’t forget to use cardstock with a border, and put your first and last name on the front.
Now let’s generate ideas using a graphic organizer.