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“Where I’m from” Poem (¿De dónde eres? Poema)
Preparation Worksheet
Step 1: Answering the following questions will prepare you to write your “Where I’m From” poem
1. Describe where you live. What does it look like? What does it smell like? What does it feel like? (This could be your actual house, or it could be another place that represents where you are from.)
2. What objects or belongings can be found in your home or room (list at least three)
3. What are the names of people in your “family” (they could be alive or deceased, they do not need to be blood-relations)
4. List two or three family traditions. Family tendencies? Family games or activities? Specific story(ies) about a specific family member that influenced you?
5. What phrases, words or sayings are important to you or to members of your family? Phrases/Words that were repeated often in your house/family etc.
6. What are some beliefs that represent where you are from? Religious symbols or experiences?
7. What foods are important to you or your family? Special foods or meals
8. List 2 or 3 important childhood memories. songs or stories told from childhood? The best things that you were told? The worst things that you have been told? Losses? Joys? Location of memories? Stories or things/events you’ll never forget
9. Describe the weather where you are from?
10. What do people do where you are from?
11. What are your favorite things to do?
Step 2: Incorporate your answers to the questions above into your “Where I’m From” poem. Simply add “I’m from” or “From” to the beginning of each line, in the same style as the sample you have been shown. You do not have to use all of the words or categories you brainstormed under Step 1. As you compose your poem, you can add new words and phrases that describe where you are from.
source: http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/strategies/%E2%80%9Cwhere-i%E2%80%99m-from%E2%80%9D-poems
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