Where+You're+From

Standards

 * W.9-10.3d Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
 * W.9-10.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
 * RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

Instructions

 * 1) **Read the original poem** by George Ella Lyons.
 * 2) Annotate the poem.
 * 3) Identify sensory imagery used in the poem.
 * 4) Examine specific word choice
 * 5) Analyze the impact of word choice on the tone.
 * 6) **Think about where you're from.** What are the objects and practices that define the place that you're "from"?
 * 7) **Fill in the template**. Don't worry if you can't think of something to fit every blank. In fact, you're under no obligation to write the poem the same way as the original author. You can choose to restructure the poem the way you feel best reflects where you're from.
 * 8) **Rewrite the poem** as your own and save it.
 * 9) Turn in [|on Edmodo]

What's Next?
Create a Digital Story based on your poem