2. Finish up and present your scene.
List of characters -- with description
Stage directions
Dialogue
3. If you have not finished your "I Am From. . ." poem, finish it.
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One from Ms. Dorsey:
I
am from
The
lowest branch on a favorite tree
Hills
strewn with sagebrush and lava rock
Windbreaks
of poplars, purple lilacs, and yellow roses
Cottonwood
tree snow
I
am from
Saturday
homemade French fries with pink fry sauce and comic books – Superman!
Imaginary
playmates for an only child
My
own World Book Encyclopedia
and nightmares from reading Lewis
Carroll
Guitars and Old Time Fiddlers on grassy lawn oases
surrounded by dusty
summer farmlands
I
am
Man
on the moon and Kennedy shot
Homecoming
bonfires and hayrides
“Pity
Parties” on prom night, and a corsage pinned to a lace and satin dress
Grades
and graduations and “The Impossible Dream,” still dreamed.
By
C. Dorsey 11/25/02
I
am from
that
corner of the city library with all the cushions,
mud
on my shoes from walking the shores of Utah Lake,
lots
of overtime in tow windowless classrooms at A.F. Junior,
Red
sand sifted through my car from a trip to Monument Valley.
I
am from
being
stranded in a broken-down car on the freeway and
deciding
with my daughter that this is an "adventure,"
nightmares
about missing appointments or
having
no lesson plan at all for a class of thirty-eight A.D.H.D.
seventh
graders.
I
am
tomatosicles
and midnight swims on New Years Eve,
homemade
cresent rolls and pork buns,
piles
of books waiting to be read,
mom
to six and grandma to one and almost two.
--
Ms. D.
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