“I Am”-Poem

1.)  King George III

2.)  Patrick Henry

3.)  Minutemen

4.)  Paul Revere

5.)  Patriot

6.)  Loyalist

7.)  Ethan Allen

8.)  Benedict Arnold

9.)  Thomas Jefferson

10.)  Declaration of Independence

11.)  Crispus Attucks

12.)  Samuel Adams

13.)  John Adams

14.)  Sons of Liberty

15.)  James Otis

16.)  William Dawes

17.)  General Gage

18.)  Dr. Samuel Prescott

19.)  Abigail Adams

20.)  Benjamin Franklin

21.)  George Washington

22.)  General William Howe

23.)  Colonel William Prescott

24.)  Thomas Paine

25.)  John Hancock

26.)  Henry Lee

27.)  Daughters of Liberty

28.)  First Continental Congress

29.)  Phillis Wheatley

30.)  King George III

31.)  Samuel Adams

32.)  John Adams

Expectations of the “I Am” Poem

“I Am” Poem is a poem about a person, a group of people or even an inanimate object which uses the ideas of emotions and senses. This writing activity works best in a class when students are given a variety of points of view when studying a topic or event in history.

I am

I wonder

I hear

I see

I am

I pretend

I feel

I touch I worry

I cry

I am

I understand

I say

I dream

I try

I hope

I am

Sample Student Poem: IT MAY NOT BE USED BY THE STUDENTS AS THEIR OWN POEM.

I am the leader of the Green Mountain Boys

I wonder why capturing Fort Ticonderoga was too east

I hear the cheer of victory all around me

I see the colonies winning the war already

I am the leader of the Green Mountain Boys

I pretend to see the future of America in peace and prosperity

I feel the cheer of victory shaking the ground underneath me

I touch America’s precious soil everyday

I worry that I might be hanged if we lost the war

I cry for the poor souls who died for our freedom

I am the leader of the Green Mountain Boys

I understand that even if we lose the war, we will die with great honor

I say the future perhaps is hopeful

I dream of a new nation like no other in the world

I try to do my best to help fight for my peoples’ liberty

I hope that when we win, our children will enjoy our precious liberties

I am the leader of the Green Mountain Boys