“Where I’m From” Poem Instructions
- Using the George Ella Lyon poem as
a mentor text, create your own poem about yourself.
- Your poem should contain (at least)
four stanzas that contain the categories we discovered in the example poem
that illustrate where you are “from”. (For example: house/yard, sayings
& stories, people, hobbies & sports, food, music & other
media, religious events, special objects, significant places.) The last
stanza should tell “where you keep your memories” (photos, yearbooks, etc.)
and/or things that inspire you.
- Put your complete heading on the front of the poem.
- The title of your poem SHOULD be at the top of the front
page with the first letter of each word capitalized. The title of your poem should NOT be: italicized, underlined, in bold, all
caps, OR in quotes.
- The final draft should be created
on or glued to a piece of either construction or manila paper. You may
illustrate it, decorate it, and use colors – these will be posted outside the classroom. However, no points are given for
“pretty” so focus most of your time and energy on the content of the poem.
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- The final draft should be neatly hand-written
or typed.
- Take care to spell correctly and
capitalize all proper nouns.
- This is due at the beginning of
class on Wednesday, September 14.
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"Where I'm
From"
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Fully developed
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Sufficiently
developed
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Somewhat developed
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Not developed
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correct
spelling, capitalization of proper nouns 1pt. each
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10
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correct
heading on front of paper
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10
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-
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-
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0
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format
is correct: three stanzas about memories, one about where memories and/or
inspirations are found
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25
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20
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10
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0
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items
in poem give reader an insight into the author's background ("show, not
tell") and represent your unique voice; poem gives idea of
"who" poet is
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50
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40
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30
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0
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Title
is in the proper format
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5
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-
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0
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