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invisible whirl of chromosomes. I come from the warm pouch with umbilical
cord. I come from that first prehistoric spark of enlightened consciousness on
an East African plain. I come from the dense nuclei flung from the wombs of
stars. But in the end I concede and say the least needed of me. I Am From I am
from orchards and soccer balls, windmills and beaches.
2.Writing students’ own poems
There are different ways how you further inspire the students to write this
poem:
You can have students put down their
childhood memories,
experiences,
favorite toys,
places that surrounded them,
things they used to have in the kitchen, under the bed,
people they encountered etc.
and use these items for the content of the poem
3. Students share, display, guess who wrote each poem.
MATERIALS
NEEDED:
Worksheet
author:
Course/
lecturer the
activity is from:
the text of ‘ I Come From’ sample for listening check
Milena Kmochová
Creative writing activities from the Methodology of Culture for Teachers of
English course in Dublin 2019, lecturer Mary O’Brian
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