Where I'm From

Where I'm From

AGENDA:

• Review GENRES---Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, drama
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• Show "Where I'm From" video and explain assignment
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• Go to computer lab to work on Where I'm From poem
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The WHERE I'M FROM Template

1. I am from _______ (specific ordinary item), from _______ (product name) and _______.
2. I am from the _______ (home description... adjective, adjective, sensory detail).
3. I am from the _______ (plant, flower, natural item), the _______ (plant, flower, natural detail)
4. I am from _______ (family tradition) and _______ (family trait), from _______ (name of family member) and _______ (another family name) and _______ (family name).
5. I am from the _______ (description of family tendency) and _______ (another one).
6. From _______ (something you were told as a child) and _______ (another).
7. I am from (representation of religion, or lack of it). Further description.
8. I'm from _______ (place of birth and family ancestry), _______ (two food items representing your family).
9. From the _______ (specific family story about a specific person and detail), the _______ (another detail, and the _______ (another detail about another family member).
10. I am from _______ (location of family pictures, mementos, archives and several more lines indicating their worth).