Where I

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Where Im From

• 8th Grade Poetry Unit

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Journal

• Answer the following questions in your notebook
• What makes someone who they are?
• Do you think your past influences your future and
  in what ways?

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Where Im From

• Directions Read the poem Where Im From by
  George Ella Lyon and then answer the following
  questions.
• What is the purpose of this poem?
• List five common objects that the author uses to
  describe where shes from.
• How do the things listed represent the poet?

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Where Im From Poem

• Next, you will be writing your own Where Im
  From poem describing your own roots.
• Use the frame on the back of the handout to write
  your poem.
• Your poem must be at least 4 stanzas long.

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Ms. Dalziel Where Im From

• Where Im From
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• I am from mosquitoes in summer,
• From macaroni and cheese with hotdogs
• Im from three legged races
• In my dads fireman boots,
• Barbie doll weddings,
• The BFG and Matilda,
• Figure skating in the driveway,
• And sleepovers in the playhouse.
• Im from French braids and tea parties,
• Soccer games on Saturdays,
• Teaching to a classroom of dolls,
• Eating mints at grandmas house,
• Wearing dress ups and high heels
• That never ever fit right.

• Im from laughter and tears,
• From carols in front of the Christmas tree
• And prayers in the village church
• Im from eat your greens
• Who wants cherry pie for dessert?
• Cou cou! and Salut!
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• Im from Burgundy Road in Encinitas,
• Past the speed bumps,
• After the bamboo grove,
• Across the street from Capri,
• In a house my father built,
• With his bare hands.
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• Thats where Im from.