Workshop
Blueprint of Me: identity as architecture.
An extended-metaphor workshop where students map identity, values, goals, and inner architecture through the image of a designed self.
Best fit
Classes working on metaphor, visual thinking, identity maps, personal narrative, or portfolio reflection.
Grade range
Grades 4-12
Student artifact
An extended-metaphor poem that treats the self as a designed structure with rooms, foundations, doors, windows, and repairs.
Learning Outcomes
What students practice.
Understand extended metaphor as a structure, not a decoration
Students learn how one central image can organize a whole poem instead of appearing as a single decorative line.
Organize abstract values into concrete images
Foundations, rooms, walls, doors, windows, and repairs become a practical vocabulary for inner life.
Connect personal history to future design
Built through writing, revision, discussion, and optional oral sharing.
Revise for coherence across a whole poem
Built through writing, revision, discussion, and optional oral sharing.
Session Flow
A clear workshop arc.
1 Map: identify foundations, rooms, walls, doors, and open spaces
2 Translate: turn each structural element into a personal idea
3 Draft: build the poem section by section
4 Revise: check that the metaphor holds together
Curriculum connections
Language Arts, Visual Arts, metaphor, organization, reflection, and presentation.
Format options
Single class, multi-class day, assembly plus breakout, or part of a longer residency plan.
Booking
Bring Blueprint of Me to your school.
Send the grade range, preferred date, number of classes, school location, and whether this is a single visit or part of a larger residency.