1. LOOK BACK TO YOUR EARLIEST MEMORIES IN THIS BRAINSTORM! Where I’m From

2. Your house -it can present/past/a vacation home/relative’s house What’s on the walls? What’s the front porch looks like? What’s in the back yard? What favorite foods/treats came from the kitchen? Textures/colors of specific furniture

3. Entertainment - A favorite movie - Characters/ best lines - A Favorite show - Characters/ best lines/theme song - A Favorite Song - artist/lines/where you listened to it

4. Your Hobbies -Sport -coach/game/position/where? - Instrument - Performance/specific song/shape and feel of instrument - Anything else? - Photography, drawing, catching bugs - Toys that defined your childhood

5. Games - Board games? With who? Pieces? - Video Games? - Characters/sound effects - Outside games? - Car rides

6. Holidays -Your BEST Halloween costume? - Traditions Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter… - Birthday memory - Gift, something specific about a party - Vacation spot

7. Parents/Mentor/Relative - Jobs? - Sayings? - Could be another relative too-you choose!

8. School - Talent show - Project - Camp/Program - Award - Play or program - Books you loved - What you did at recess - Field trip

9. Directions: 1. 3 stanzas (9-12 lines each) 2. Model the original 3. Must have the tree image at the end 4. Specific adjectives/sensory details 5. Edit it for grammar 6. Times New Roman, size 12: single or double spaced