1. Exploring Career Decisions (1.01 Understand interest, attitudes and values)

2. Target Objective : Who am I?

3. Essential Question : Who are you?

4. How to begin….  1. Open a Microsoft Word document  Title it Who I Am Poem  Save it as Who I Am Poem  Insert Header (3 column)  Type your first and last name, class number and date at the top.

5. Task…  Take 15 to 20 minutes to write a poem called “I am”

6. Guidelines for “I am” Poem  Only rule is … each line begins with the words I am….

7. Suggestions for “I am” Poem  Where they're from regionally (State & City)  Family, friends, pets  Memories from different points in their lives  Religion

8. Suggestions for “I am” Poem  interests and hobbies  mottos or credos  family traditions and customs  favorite phrases  whatever else defines who they are

9. You will be sharing your “I am” Poem with the class!!

10. Example of I am Poem I am football on a warm autumn night. I am ground turkey, salad with many vegetables and fresh summer vegetables. I am Jewels, Super Mario, and Dr. Mario I am "unity in diversity" and "speaking from your own experience." I am graduate, earning a degrees from the Youngstown State University I am mom, wife, daughter, and friend I am Queen Mommy, Police Officer Mommy, and Judge Mommy.

11. I am creative in the kitchen with baking, cooking and designing recipes. I am a wonderful family, close and loving and incredibly supportive. I am the CBS, NBC, ESPN, Lifetime, and QVC. I am a passion for educating and facilitating, personal development and making connections. I am Army Wives, Young and the Restless, Bold and the Beautiful, Law and Order, and The Voice. I am exercise bike, walking, and Zumba.

12. What’s Next?  Insert Clip Art at the top of your page.  Be sure to resize it so your poem fits on one page.  Insert Word Art on the title “Who Am I?”  Print to printer 13501  Please DO NOT get up and go to the printer.  Click here to look for careers that might interest you.  http://www.mynextmove.org/ http://www.mynextmove.org/