A fun 5-10 minute activity for the Family unit in 7th grade, my students wrote short poems about someone in their family.
(some wrote about themselves or their friends.) 
The outline of the poem went as follows:
1 noun
2 adjectives describing (Mr. noun)
3 verbs in the present tense describing (Mr. noun)
A 4 word frase or sentence describing (Mr. noun)
     A word to replace (Mr. noun)
Click on the students name to read their poems.
Amira
Aarón
Tomás
Melisa
Raquel
Zacarias

Jorge