In this project, students explore poetry as a way of explaining and defining the world around them via the people, places, and events that make up their life.
We have looked at the community we live in and the people around us, now it’s time to think about how all of these things tie into our memories, and use brief vivid details to create a poem out of them.
What Your Students Will Learn
Your students will learn to reflect on memories and use brief, vivid details and lines to create poetry.
What Your Students Will Produce
Your students will create an “I Am From” poem that is 6 stanzas long.
What You Will Need
Paper
Pencils
Copy of George Elle Lyon’s poem “Where I’m From” for each student
Grades 4–5
5 Sessions: 90 Minutes Each
Poetry
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