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"I'm From" Poem Planner

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"I'm From" Poem Planner

Plan and write an original “I’m from” poem inspired by a real or imagined memory. Choose details that matter to you, use at least one example of figurative language, and write at least eight lines. You may keep personal details private.

Collect memory details

Choose a moment, place, tradition, object, or ordinary day you remember. Jot down vivid details; your memory does not need to be dramatic.

1.What could you see in this memory? Note a colour, shape, person, or place.
2.What sound, smell, taste, or texture would help someone imagine the moment? Give one or two details.
3.What feeling belongs in this memory? Name the feeling and explain what brought it on.

Shape details into poetry

Poets use comparisons and surprising descriptions to help readers picture a moment. Try the examples, then make your own.

4.Read this line: “The wind tugged at my jacket like a cheeky little sibling.” What is being compared, and which word signals the simile?
5.Write a simile for a sound, smell, taste, or texture from your memory. Use “like” or “as”.
6.Turn one detail from your memory into a metaphor. Say it is something else, without using “like” or “as”.
7.Give a non-human thing from your memory a human action or feeling. Write one personification sentence.

Draft your “I’m from” poem

Build a poem of at least eight lines. Begin several lines with “I’m from”, but vary your wording where it feels right. Include specific details and at least one simile, metaphor, or example of personification. A poem does not need to rhyme.

8.Write your poem here. Aim for eight or more lines; leave a line break when you want the reader to pause.

Revise and reflect

Reread your poem aloud quietly. Check that the images are clear and the line breaks help the poem sound the way you want.

9.Which line uses figurative language? Copy it and name the device: simile, metaphor, or personification.
10.How does that line help a reader imagine the memory? Explain what the reader might see, hear, feel, or picture.

3 printable pages

  • "I'm From" Poem Planner, page 1 of 3: Collect memory details, Shape details into poetry

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  • "I'm From" Poem Planner, page 2 of 3: Draft your “I’m from” poem

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  • "I'm From" Poem Planner, page 3 of 3: Revise and reflect

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