Group Poem
A group poem that grows as new lines/stanzas are added: In the following poem, the first line lists people who have been influential in each adult's life; the following lines list what each of these influential persons did. Learners in different classes or even those who are in tutoring situations can add their influential person and what that person did for them to the group poem.

Influences
Mrs. Hooper, Old Sam, Mom, Lill
They all made us who we are;
Making us sit still and listen,
Showing us not to be afraid of hard work
Having faith that we could be somebody,
Smiling even when times were bad;
And now duty calls to us.