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“If you don’t know where you’re from, you’ll have a hard time saying where you’re going.”

“If you don’t know where you’re from, you’ll have a hard time saying where you’re going.” Poet Wendell Berry. Who and What Defines Us?. Essential Question: How do people become who they are today?.

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“If you don’t know where you’re from, you’ll have a hard time saying where you’re going.”

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  1. “If you don’t know where you’re from, you’ll have a hard time saying where you’re going.” Poet Wendell Berry

  2. Who and What Defines Us? Essential Question: How do people become who they are today?

  3. “Though I write in many forms, I am first of all a poet, which means my job is to see and sing the connection between things. The spider’s web is a delicious image for this and for the wonder of something newly made from old patterns, like the sentences writers spin each day.” ~ George Ella Lyon

  4. Vocabulary Carbon-tetrachloride : a chemical used in cleaning products and aerosol cans Imogene: Imogene Coca was an actress in the 1960s Alafair: Alafair Burke writes mystery crime novels

  5. Vocabulary (cont.) • More Vocabulary- Sift- an object that separates parts of a mixture Auger- a hole-making tool that is used for wood working Simile- A comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as” (ex. You eat like a pig!) Metaphor- A comparison of two things that does not use the words “like” or “as” (ex. You are a pig!)

  6. 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 elmwhose long-gone limbs I rememberas if they were my own. I am from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-allsand the pass-it-ons, from perk up and pipe down. I'm from He restoreth my soulwith a cottonball lamband 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 augerthe eye my father shut to keep his sight. Under my bed was a dress box spilling old pictures, a sift of lost facesto drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments-snapped before I budded- leaf-fall from the family tree.

  7. The WHERE I'M FROM Template I am from _______ (specific ordinary item), from _______ (product name) and _______. I am from the _______ (home description... adjective, adjective, sensory detail). I am from the _______ (plant, flower, natural item), the _______ (plant, flower, natural detail) I am from _______ (family tradition) and _______ (family trait), from _______ (name of family member) and _______ (another family name) and _______ (family name). I am from the _______ (description of family tendency) and _______ (another one). From _______ (something you were told as a child) and _______ (another). I am from (representation of religion, or lack of it). Further description. I'm from _______ (place of birth and family ancestry), _______ (two food items representing your family). From the _______ (specific family story about a specific person and detail), the _______ (another detail, and the _______ (another detail about another family member). I am from _______ (location of family pictures, mementos, archives and several more lines indicating their worth). http://www.swva.net/fred1st/wif.htm

  8. Student Sample I am from hairsprayFrom braces and rubberbands.I am from lightning bugs Fluttering in the summer night sky.I am from BelleThe cute little puppy We rescued from the poundAnd Smoky the catWhose death still touches my heart.I am from Papaw’s goulashAnd Momma’s pumpkin pieFrom Dad’s overbearing Protectiveness of his little girl.I am from outrageous Eleven foot Christmas treesAnd joyous Thanksgiving feasts.I am from French immigrantsFrom 1692 and New Paltz, New YorkI am from Louis Bevier and Marie Le Blanc.I am from the American dreamFrom broken despair and gained hopeI am the present, past, and future,History in the making. http://www.ci.maryville.tn.us/mhs/family_history/family_history_004.htm

  9. It’s your turn!Let’s check out your Five Senses graphic organizer

  10. Peer Review 1. Exchange poems & read your partner’s poem carefully. 2. Fill out the peer review form. 3. Discuss the completed form with your partner.

  11. Crystal Ball If you could foresee any one day of your life in a crystal ball, which day would you choose and why? Be prepared to share.

  12. Crystal Ball Part I Please fill your crystal ball with at least five adjectives describing what you hope your weekend will be like. (ex. long, exciting, fun, busy, lazy)

  13. Crystal Ball Part II Please fill your crystal ball with adjectives describing who you are now and who you want to become. You may add –er to adjectives that already describe you. (ex. smarter, taller, exciting)

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