<p>FWS (Self)Description NAME:______Pd:____ DO NOW: Describe your neighborhood without using literal details (i.e. omit borough or street names). ______AIM:______DIRECTIONS: 1) Identify (circle) examples of figurative language and what they represent to you. 2) Describe the speaker in the poem based on the clues he/she is giving you (i.e. “showing” details)</p><p>WHERE I’M FROM by George Ella Lyon I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. ______I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, ______it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush ______the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember ______as if they were my own. I'm from fudge and eyeglasses, ______from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-alls ______and the pass-it-ons, from Perk up! and Pipe down! ______I'm from He restoreth my soul with a cottonball lamb ______and ten verses I can say myself. I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, ______fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost ______to the auger, the eye my father shut to keep his sight. Under my bed was a dress box ______spilling old pictures, a sift of lost faces ______to drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments-- ______snapped before I budded -- leaf-fall from the family tree. ______</p><p>SEE BACK “Where I'm From” Poem Template Name______DIRECTIONS: Draft your own ``Where I’m From’’ poem by using this template (you can refer to the original poem for examples). If you’re stuck, move on (and return to these blanks tonight). I am from ______(specific ordinary item), from ______(product brand name--capitalized) and ______(another specific ordinary item). From the ______(home description)… ______(adjective, adjective, sensory detail). The ______(plant, flower, natural item), the ______(plant, flower, natural detail) ______(connection to self)</p><p>I am from ______(family tradition) and ______(family trait), from ______(name of family member) and ______(another family name) and ______(family name).</p><p>I’m from the ______(description of a family tendency/habit) and ______(another one). From ______(something you were told as a child) and ______(Include another statement. Try to think of contradictory statements—adults offer these all the time!).</p><p>I am from ______(representations of your religion—objects, people, or practices, or the absence of these representations). Elaborate.</p><p>______(place of birth and family ancestry), ______(two food items representing your family).</p><p>From the ______(specific family anecdote about a specific person and detail), the ______(another detail, and the ______(another detail about another family member).</p><p>I’m from ______(location of family pictures, mementos and archives) ______(several more lines that indicate their worth). </p><p>HW: When you’re done, review your name piece + “wordle” for any elements you may want to incorporate into this poem. Type up a draft for peer editing tomorrow. Don’t forget to create an original title to your poem (“Where I’m From”). Final poem due Fri, Pi Day. </p>