What does it mean to live in Ventura County? How is it different than living in another place in the world? In this assignment, you will define what important characteristics Ventura has and how unique it is to be a member of the Ventura community.

You will be modeling after "If You're Not From the Prairie" by David Bouchard.
You need to think of a minimum of three different concepts, having to do with what you see, hear, touch, taste, or smell. Then, you will write a sentence or two explaining each idea.

Here is the format:

If you're not from Ventura,
You don't know ________________________.
You can't know ________________________.
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If you're not from Ventura, you don't know _________________.


If you're not from Ventura, you haven't heard _____________.
You've never heard _____________________.
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If you're not from Ventura, you've never heard ____________.

So you're not from Ventura,
And yet you know __________________.
You think you know _________________?
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If you're not from Ventura, you don't know ________________.

If you're not from Ventura,
You don't know me.
You just can't know ME.
You see,
My hair's mostly _____________.
My eyes are ________________.
My skin is __________________.
My mouth __________________.
I've lain ____________________.
I've stared _________________.
I've seen __________________.
My home is Ventura, and I cry out loud.

If you're not from Ventura, you can't know my soul,
You don't know ____________________.
You can't know ____________________.
Unless deep within you, there's somehow a part...
A part of these things that I've said that I know,
The __________________________________. (repeat from before)
Best say you have - and then we'll be one,
For we will have shared ____________________.

This page last updated on October 3, 2005