Where I'm From

Who is the author of the poem 'Where I'm From'?

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is George Ella Lyon.

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is Maya Angelou.

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is Robert Frost.

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is Emily Dickinson.

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What does the Title "Where I'm From" mean?

• The speaker's house and what it looks like

• The speaker's childhood memories and experiences

• The speaker's church she attended as a child

• The speaker's mom and dad

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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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Which answer has images that stand out as Dr. Lyon remembers her yard?

• “From the finger my grandfather lost to the auger.”

• “I am from the forsythia bush and the Dutch elm.”

• “I am from those moments - snapped before I budded - leaf-fall from the family tree.”

• “I’m from Artemus and Billie’s Branch.”

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Who is the author of the poem 'Where I'm From'?

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is George Ella Lyon.

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is Maya Angelou.

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is Robert Frost.

• The author of the poem 'Where I'm From' is Emily Dickinson.

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What does the Title 'Where I'm From' mean?

• The speaker's house and what it looks like

• The speaker's childhood memories and experiences

• The speaker's church she attended as a child

• The speaker's mom and dad

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CCSS.RL.7.10

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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.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Which answer has images that stand out as Dr. Lyon remembers her yard?

• 'From the finger my grandfather lost to the auger.'

• 'I am from the forsythia bush and the Dutch elm.'

• 'I am from those moments - snapped before I budded - leaf-fall from the family tree.'

• 'I’m from Artemus and Billie’s Branch.'

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