For a few years, my co-worker and I have been reciting the poem
"If I Were in Charge of the World" by Judith Viorst to our classes the second day of school (our first day with classes is too short). We then provided students with a template, and they chose one or all stanzas and wrote their own versions. Of course, we'd model one, as well. The last few years, however, about 1/4 of my students said, "We did this last year!" So... it was time for a new poem.
We know many 7th graders like to share about themselves, and I'm sure we'll learn a lot from them by what they write. (This poem, however, reminds my husband of
Toby Keith, and that just makes me like it even more.) 😉
I thought I'd share my version here, to mark the occasion of my students starting a week from today!
That's version 1.0. I'm sure I'll come up with other ways of writing it before the week is through!
What's YOUR "New ME"?
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