Creative Writing 7 (CW7): Assignment 4, 5 and #6 Poem and Movie

Monday, November 18, 2019

Where I'm From

I am from clothespins,
from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride.
I am from the dirt under the back porch.
(Black, glistening,
it tasted like beets.)
I am from the forsythia bush
the Dutch elm
whose long-gone limbs I remember
as if they were my own.

I'm from fudge and eyeglasses,
          from Imogene and Alafair.
I'm from the know-it-alls
          and the pass-it-ons,
from Perk up! and Pipe down!
I'm from He restoreth my soul
          with a cottonball lamb
          and ten verses I can say myself.

I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch,
fried corn and strong coffee.
From the finger my grandfather lost
to the auger,
the eye my father shut to keep his sight.

Under my bed was a dress box
spilling old pictures,
a sift of lost faces
to drift beneath my dreams.
I am from those moments--
snapped before I budded --
leaf-fall from the family tree.

AGENDA:

1. Review:
Assignment #1---MLA Heading on paper, 12 pt. Times Roman font Heart Map or Writing Prompt
Assignment #2--From your list, write about one of your SPECIFIC Heart Map ideas (at least one page double-spaced)
Print out Assignments 1 and 2 today and put in your folder

Assignment #3---SHORT STORY

2. Begin working on "Where I'm From" poems which we will turn into a movies next week with Moviemaker by adding images and music.

Assignment #4: FILL OUT THE TEMPLATE!

Look over Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG3iP08HKZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ0bHaFsPx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVryvxLTIyU

2. Show video of original poem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdnHl_yW1dQ

3. HANDOUT: Where I'm From template--Assignment #4

4. Assignment #5:

Write your own "Where I'm From" poem in a Word or Google Doc using the model and the template

5. Assignment #6