"Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon

Based this poem, what inferences can you make about Lyon's family's economic status when she was growing up. Check all that apply

• Her family was quite well off.

• Her family didn't have a lot of money.

• Her family lived in a formal, well kept home.

• Her family lived in a suburb area of town.

• Her family lived in the country.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Based on the poem, select the statements that describe the author's family.

• They had a large family.

• Her family didn't get along.

• Her family was very small and not close.

• Her family doesn't know much about their ancestors or past history.

• Her family values their family history and memories of family. members.

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CCSS.W.7.9A

What doe these lines reveal about her family? "I'm from He restoreth my soul with cottonball lamb and ten verses I can say myself"

• Her family likes to read.

• Her family is religious.

• Her family raises lambs.

• Her family has a lot of doctors in it.

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is revealed though these lines of the poem? "I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost to the auger" Check all that apply.

• Her family's career was agricultural.

• Her family served in the military.

• Her family had special foods and traditions.

• Her family ran a restaurant.

• Her family wan't very healthy.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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What do these lines reveal about when the author might have written this poem? "I am from the forsythia bush, the Dutch elm whose long gone limbs I remember as if they were my own."

• She wrote this when she was a young child about her life at the time.

• She wrote this when she was a teenager looking back to childhood.

• She wrote this as an older adult looking back at her childhood.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

This poem is written in what point of view.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

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Which of these would be the best theme of this poem.

• Childhood can be a hard time when you have such a large family to make happy.

• The people, places and traditions in our family influence who we become as adults even when are no longer here.

• Bad things can happen to kids but you can still become a good person.

• Growing up can be tough if you live in the country because there are a lot of dangers.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following best describes the tone of this poem?

• joyful

• sentimental

• angry

• frustrated

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CCSS.L.7.5C

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CCSS.RL.7.4