Your students love to write about themselves and their lives. You need to teach them the fundamentals of poetry. Why not do both at the same time! :)
Bio Poems are great beginning or ending of the year activities to get to know your students better, display at Open House, and/or just to have a little fun in the classroom.
This poetry set includes:
A Bio Poem example (from a historical fiction book character)
Brainstorming page (with and without lines)
Optional page to see correct poem o