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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Where are YOU from?

This week we have been finishing up our personal renditions of George Lyons' poem Where I'm From.  The kids did and amazing job, and here are a few.  More will come, I promise.  I think they did an amazing job, and the kids' true personalities shine through.

WhErE I'M FrOm
by Eric

I'm from the warm bed in the hospital
To my warm bed at home
From the leaf piles in my yard
To my hot chocolate 
in winter
I'm from my cookies at Christmas
From
Hearing
What
the
Saginaw
Quality is
To 
Clean
In the tub



Where I'm From
by Odin

I'm from Florida or maybe Vermont
I'm from the tree I climb or the rock that says L♥JJ, possibly the hammock
that swings my sister left and right
Maybe I'm from my cousins, my mom, my dad, my brother or sister, the super
heroes that protect me, or it might just be my best friend
Or I'm from the time my pants fell off in a dino museum and said
that dino scared my pants off!
I'm from PIZZA, CAKE, PRETZELS, GOLDFISH, CANDY, GUM 7 of
my favorite foods.
I'm from Lightning Soccer, vacation, snow hills, parties and get-togethers
I'm from feasts at Thanksgiving or presents at Christmas
I'm from mythology, inventing and drawing
I'm from rock'n'roll, or in my sister's case, pop
I'm from fame and the lights that make me shine
or maybe I'm from me, an ordinary kid, just with the coolest life.