1. We are born in a certain time and a certain place and like vintage wines we retain the flavor of our origins.
~ Carl Jung
What do you think Jung means by this?

2. What are some things that might contribute to the “flavor of our origins?”
Family members Significant places or objects Personal or family events Culture or Religion Influential books, songs or movies Descriptions of our community Friends Hobbies and interests Sports teams and organizations

3. Where I’m From by George Ella Lyon
I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember as if they were my own. I'm from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-alls and the pass-it-ons, from Perk up! and Pipe down! I'm from He restoreth my soul with a cottonball lamb and ten verses I can say myself.
I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost           to the auger, the eye my father shut to keep his sight.
Under my bed was a dress box spilling old pictures, a sift of lost faces to drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments-- snapped before I budded -- leaf-fall from the family tree.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STAND OUT ABOUT THIS POEM? DOES THE AUTHOR USE MORE LITERAL OR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

4. Example #2
I am from My green blankey and Climbing out of my crib From playing mermaid in the bathtub. I am from walking my dog, And the noise he made when I step on his tail. I am from my sheep nightlight And Blue’s Clues and the Berenstain Bears. I am from spinning until I can’t tell where I am and Seeing the world upside-down. I am from long days at school And hurrying home to watch Pokémon. From chocolate-chip cookies at Grandma’s house.
I am from July days in the pool And running through the sprinklers. From my imaginary friends and The games we used to play like Doctor and patient and teacher and student. I am from trips to the grocery store And that time I fell out of the cart onto the Sticky linoleum floor. I am from the tap tap tap Of my tap shoes that one week That I decided to be a dancer. I am from trying new things.

5. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!
You will be creating your own “Where I’m From” poem of 3+ stanzas (4-5 lines each). Please start by creating a web of ideas of what things have contributed to your individual “Flavor”. - For every literal term on your web, you need to create a list of figurative language that could be used to describe the same it.