8. WRITING ASSIGNMENT - A POEM TO YOURSELF

I. Using the material generated from your questions after reading EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER - write a poem about yourself -- the person you are and the life you lead in FIVE YEARS.
Be sure to include what you look like, what you feel, etc. Try to show how this future self compares and contrasts with the self you are today. Also, remember the following:

YOU MAY CHOOSE ANY POETIC STYLE YOU LIKE THAT YOU FEEL BESTS REFLECTS THE IDEAS YOU WANT TO WRITE ABOUT.

YOU MUST WRITE ABOUT YOURSELF IN THIRD PERSON. REFER TO YOURSELF BY NAME AND BY THE PRONOUN HE OR SHE.

II. Now, listen! Prepare two copies of your poem. One I will grade and you will share with the class, and the other will be sealed in an envelope and mailed to you in five years. Do do this, get an envelope and think of two possible addresses where the letter may reach you in five years. Collect anything else you would like to include in your letter to yourself.