1. Learning Questions: Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity? Today's title: Identity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roRw5TS9VlE Next term, we will begin a unit based on the theme of 'Otherness'; in order to do this, we need to consider the theme of 'identity'. What does identify mean?

2. What makes you, you? Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

3. What makes you, you? Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

5. Me Parents? Siblings? Other family members? Friends? People at school? Coaches, instructors, people who've helped you? Important events / experiences in your life? Hobbies? Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

6. I am................... Have a go at writing your own 'I am' poem. You don't have to show anyone what you've written - although if you would like to, of course you can once we've all had a try. Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

7. I am………….. I a m I am who and who I am that and that I am and I am who I am and I am who I am because of everyone (everything?).

8. It ain't what you do, it's what it does to you. Now we are going to read a poem together called: What do you think this poem might be about? Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

9. It ain't what you do, it's what it does to you. I have not bummed across America with only a dollar to spare, one pair of busted Levi’s and a bowie knife. I have lived with thieves in Manchester. I have not padded through the Taj Mahal, barefoot, listening to the space between each footfall, picking up and putting down its print against the marble floor. But I skimmed flat stones across Black Moss on a day so still I could hear each set of ripples as they crossed. I felt each stone’s inertia spend itself against the water; then sink. I have not toyed with a parachute cord while perched on the lip of a light aircraft; but I held the wobbly head of a boy at the day centre, and stroked his fat hands. And I guess that the lightness in the throat and the tiny cascading sensation somewhere inside us are both part of that sense of something else. That feeling, I mean. Simon Armitage

10. List everything the poet has not done. List everything the poet has done. Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

11. Copy this grid in to your book: Dreams / things I would love to do but haven't yet had the opportunity to Things I have achieved / important events or experiences that have made me emotional or that I have learnt from Can I create a poem which conveys aspects of my identity?

12. It ain't what you do, it's what it does to you. I have not (describe what you’ve not done but would like to) I have (describe what you have done that’s had an impact) I have not (describe what you’ve not done but would like to). But I (describe what you have done that’s had an impact). I felt (describe how you felt) I have not but I(describe what you have done that’s had an impact) And I guess that the lightness in the throat and the tiny cascading sensation somewhere inside us are both part of that sense of something else. That feeling, I mean.