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Writing Fix: Self Portraits: "I Come From" Poems Lesson PlanWriting Fix: Self Portraits: "I Come From" Poems Lesson Plan
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Writing Fix
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Pre-K - 1st
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Writing Fix: Self Portraits: "I Come From" Poems

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In this activity, When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant Mentor and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox are used as mentor texts to help students realize what are important in the characters' lives and in their own lives. Students will develop a self-portrait. Then students will write and "I Come From" poem about themselves that focuses on "nouns" that are important and expresses "why" these are important. [Requires Adobe Reader.]

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nouns

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art and writing, autobiographical poem, beginning of the year, self-portrait, writing poetry, northern nevada writing project, writingfix

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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Common Core

W.K.1

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