1. If You’re not from the Prairie…
Story by David Bouchard
PowerPoint lesson by Mrs. Folker

2. If you’re not from…
Think of all the places that you are “from” in your life
T.H. Bell
Your Family
Your Neighborhood
Your City/Town
Your House
Your Beliefs

3. What do YOU know? What do you know about that place you’re from?
Sights
Sounds
Smells
Tastes
Feelings

4. What if you’re NOT from there?
What would someone NOT know because they aren’t from where YOU are from?
What memories would they miss?
Winter? Spring? Summer? Fall?
Holidays?
Traditions?

5. If you’re not from…
You will write your own version of If You’re Not from the Prairie using the ideas you have thought about so far…
Follow each step and you will have a super poem to show how well you know where you are from!

6. First stanza If you’re not from __________,
You don’t know (the) ______________.
You can’t know (the) _____________.
Use two couplets to explain it in detail.
(Remember that couplets are 2 lines that
rhyme with each other).
If you’re not from ____________,

7. First through sixth stanzas
If you’re not from __________,
You don’t know (the) ______________.
You can’t know (the) _____________.
Use two couplets to explain it in detail.
(Remember that couplets are 2 lines that rhyme with each other).
If you’re not from ____________,

8. Seventh Stanza If you’re not from _________________,
You don’t know me.
You just can’t know ME.
Explain WHO you are in relation
To where you came from…
Use at least two couplets to explain YOU.