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-: Hi there.

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My name is Shelby, and I am a poetry teaching artist,

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and I'm really excited that we just get to sit down together

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and write today.

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Our theme for this lesson is going to be

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who will I become?

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So we're going to be writing about ourselves.

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We're going to be writing about the future,

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imagining the future,

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imagining ourselves in the future.

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So it's going to be kind of an epic journey, I'll admit it,

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but the only thing that you need to bring on this journey is

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something to write with, like a pencil or a pen or whatever,

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and something to write on, some paper or a notebook.

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All right, I hope you've got your materials

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and that you're ready to do some magic on the page.

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And we're gonna do a warm-up.

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So for this warmup what I'm gonna do

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is I'm actually going to repeat the same question

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over and over as a prompt to you,

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and the question is gonna be, "Who are you?"

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And this is a prompt that's borrowed

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from the teaching artist, Shawn Ginwright

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and what you're going to do is every time I ask it

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I want you to write a different word.

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So I'm just gonna (snaps) a couple of seconds.

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I'm gonna say (snaps), "Who are you?"

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Then you're gonna write a word.

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(snaps) Who are you?

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Or a couple of words or a phrase.

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And the point is to just keep writing.

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Don't judge yourself.

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Just the first thing that comes to your mind

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(taps) that's what you write on the page.

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Okay?

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So let's go for it.

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Who are you?

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Who are you?

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Who are you?

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Who are you?

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Who are you?

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Keep writing whatever comes to your mind.

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Who are you?

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Who are you?

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Who are you?

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Who are you?

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Okay, good job.

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The hardest part's over 'cause I know that's kinda weird

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to hear the same thing over and over but I wonder

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if you noticed anything about as you kept writing

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the further you went, sometimes people notice

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they go deeper and deeper into who they are.

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So thank you for doing that warm up.

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And now, before we keep writing,

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we need to get a little bit of inspiration

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so I'm going to read you a poem that is on our topic

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of who will I become.

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And this is a poem called "Blueprints?" By Sara Holbrook.

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"Will my ears grow as long as grandpa's?

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"What makes us look like kin?

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"Tell me where'd I get long eyelashes

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"and where'd I get my chin?

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"Where'd I get my ice cream sweet tooth

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"and this nose that wiggles with I walk?

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"Where's I get my dizzy daydreams

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"and my foot-rolling, side-step walk?

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"Did I inherit my sense of humor

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"and these crooked, ugly toes?

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"What if I balloon like uncle Harry

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"and have to shave my nose?

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"How long after I start growing

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"until I start to shrink?

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"Am I going to lose my teeth some day?

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"My hair?

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"My mind?

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"Do you think I'll be tall or short or thin

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"or bursting at the seams?

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"Am I naturally this crazy?

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"Is it something in my genes?

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"I'm more than who I am,

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"I'm also who I'm from.

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"It's a scary speculation,

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"Who will I become?"

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So inspired by Sara Holbrook,

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you all are going to write a poem

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that is going to be a series of questions

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but don't worry, I'm gonna give you the questions

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but you're going to finish the questions, all right.

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So I'm going to give you some starting lines

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and I just want you to write the first thing

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that comes to your mind.

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And you can use some of the images or ideas or words

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that you did during your warmup, if you get stuck.

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All right, first line, when I grow up

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will I be dot dot dot?

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Will I be tall?

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Will I be daring?

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Will I be adventurous?

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Whatever comes to your mind, go for it.

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Okay, let's keep writing.

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Next line I want you to finish,

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why do I have?

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Why do I have blue eyes?

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Why do I have this really loud cackle?

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Where does that come from?

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Finish that line, go for it.

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Next line, where did I get my dot dot dot?

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Where did I get my sense of humor?

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Where did I get my love of dogs?

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Where did I get my strange fingernail shape?

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Whatever it is, whatever comes to your brain, go for it.

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Let's keep going.

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Will I become dot dot dot?

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You could think of something like who you're gonna be

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when you grow up.

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Will I become a firefighter?

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Will I become a sailor?

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Will I become a poet?

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Or it could be more like a characteristic.

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Will I become brave?

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Will I become bold and wild and true.

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Whatever comes to your mind, go for it.

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All right, now these last two lines

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are not going to be questions,

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they're going to be statements.

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So finish this statement, I am.

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Go for it.

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Okay, the last line, I will be.

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And you can write a couple of things like a list.

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Don't put pressure on it, just whatever comes to your brain.

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Let that take you to that future.

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I will be.

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All right, finish up that line.

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Good job everyone.

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You literally just manifested some weird, wild future

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that you didn't even know existed

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before you started writing.

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No big deal.

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I would love to know what you wrote.

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I'm very curious what future you conjured

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in your free writes.

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But since I'm not with you, I really wanna encourage you,

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if you feel like it, no pressure,

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to maybe go share this with someone in your house

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or you could call someone on the phone

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or video chat someone and share with them

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the poem you just wrote.

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And in that spirit, I'm gonna share the poem

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that I just wrote with you.

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"When I grow up will I be wise enough

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"to be strong and soft?

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"Why do I have a fear of being big in my joy?

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"Where did I get my love for history's sadnesses?

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"Will I become green and brave like the trees?

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"I am a lilac parade.

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"I will be the entire circus tent of giggles."

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Thank you all so much for writing with me.

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Again, my name is Shelby and I just have huge gratitude

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for you sitting down to write today,

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for practicing future telling,

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for practicing rhyme and repetition

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by using these same starting lines over and over.

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Great work and have a great day.

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