I think that I poetry is fun poetry!  Although I find it hard to write about certain aspect of myself, this poem seems easy.  Its a fun way to have children introduce themselves to their fellow classmates.  Its one way in which you can learn about other in a deeper way, with the inclusion of the lines “I hope, I think, I wonder, I feel, I dream”.  Also the fact that this type of poem can be used to write about characters from passage reading is wonderful.  It give students the opportunity to dig deep and find out information about that particular character in order to record the different thoughts for the lines in the poem.  The I poem can also be written in a form where two voices are used, which would be ideal for partner work.  When going through the powerpoint, I loved viewing the examples of students work where they wrote their poems and went back an edited them, adding more information.  This not only shows their work with poetry, but general writing skills.  This is one of my favorite types of poems because I like to see the creativity of applying information about a person or character in poetry form.