“Where I’m From” Template/Draft

 

First Stanza: 

I am from (specific ordinary item)_________________________________________________________ 

from (product name)____________________and (another product name)__________________ 

I am from the (home description)__________________________________________________________ 

Adjective that describes the above home description________________, __________________ 

It (tasted, sounded, looked , felt –choose one)________________________________________ 

I am from the (plant, flower, or natural item)________________________________________________, 

the (plant, flower, or natural item)__________________________________________________ 

(Description of natural item)_______________________________________________________ 

I’m from the (family tradition)________________________and (family trait)_______________________ 

from (name of family member)_____________and (name of family member)________________ 

and (another name)________________________________ 

I’m from the (description of family tendency)____________________________________________ and 

(Another family tendency)_______________________________________________________ 

Second Stanza….turn over 

From (something you were told as a child)______________________________________________ and 

(another thing you were told as a child)_____________________________________________ 

I’m from (representation of religious or spiritual beliefs or lack of it)_____________________________, 

(further description of spiritual beliefs)_______________________________________________ 

I’m from (place of birth and family ancestry)_______________________________________________, 

(Two food items that represent your ancestry)________________and ______________. 

From the (specific family story with a detail about a specific person)______________________________ 

______________________________________________________________________________ 

the (another detail of another family member)________________________________________. 

(Location of family pictures…You pick the preposition) ________________________________________ 

I am from (general statement with DETAILS about who you are or where you are from)______________ 

______________________________________________________________________________

 

Name__________________________Date________________ 

 

 

First Stanza: 

I am from Oakland 

It tasted like home and comfort 

I am from the strawberries 

__________ 

juicy, red, and full of flavor

from sympathy___ 

From believe in yourself before someone else______ and make it_____ 

(___________ 

I’m from Guatemala__

(Location of family pictures…You pick the preposition) ________________________________________ 

From Wang Wang rice crackers and Haw flakes 

I am from the sunny, Portola district of San Francisco. Filled with lovely neighbors of all ethnicities. From Chinese to Vietnamese, from Latino to African Americans, and now flooded with white. 

 

“Where I’m From” Template/Draft

 

First Stanza: 

I am from dust and nothingness.

from the dirt of the ground I walk on and  the air that I inhale.

I am from the (home description) a colorful house inside and out filled with vines hanging down from the wall. 

Seeing my grandma cooking in the kitchen 

It  felt like walking through memories 

I am from the the orange and

the lemon trees in the backyard

The backyard covered in bees while the lemons were growing 

I’m from the (family tradition) making tamales all night on Christmas Eve and laughing all night with my aunts at old stories

 

From chocolate and hot chips.

I am from an apartment with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
It feels nice and comfortable.
I am from the flower, the dahlias that come in the beautiful warm and cool colors.