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You do not have to follow  \nthe template exactly. It is simply a guideline to help you get started. Try to include as many memories as you can, especially those that are the most significant to you.  \nWHERE I'M FROM Sample Template  \nI am from   (specific ordinary item), from   (product name) and    \nI am from the   (home description... adjective, adjective, sensory detail) .  \nI am from the   (plant, flower, natural item), the   (plant, flower, natural detail)  \nI am from   (family tradition) and   (family trait), from   (name of family member) and   (another family name) and   (family name) .  \nI am from the   (description of family tendency) and   (another one) .  \nFrom   (something you were told as a child) and   (another) .  \nI am from (representation of religion, or lack of it) . Further description.  \nI'm from   (place of birth and family ancestry),   (two food items representing your family) .  \nFrom the   (specific family story about a specific person and detail), the  (another detail, and the   (another detail about another family member) .  \nI am from   (location of family pictures, mementos, archives and several more lines indicating their worth) .  \nOther ideas for using this poem:  \n- Have students use the poem to describe characters from the books they’re reading.  \n- Include copies of students’ personal poems in their Writers’ Notebooks, and refer back to individual lines/thoughts as seed stories.  \n- Have younger students work on one or two lines of the poem at a time, and take a couple of weeks to complete the poem (grades 1‐3) .  \n- Write a class “We Come From” poem celebrating students’ differences.  \nReferences:  \n[http://martheissen.edu.glogster.com/where‐im‐from‐3190/](http://martheissen.edu.glogster.com/where‐im‐from‐3190/)  \nChristenson, Linda. Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching about Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word.  \nMilwaukee: Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2000. Print.  \nSingleton, Glenn E., and Curtis Linton. Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools.  \nThousand Oaks: Corwin Press, 2005. 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