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Mrs. Schepergerdes

* My Checklist (Day 1)* Read Dear Future

* Answer the Character, Plot, Authors Craft, and
Inference questions on the side of the article.
There are a total of 9 questions!

* You need to write the question, and then

write down your response.

* Answer the EQ-this is your 10th Q

*Essential Question: How does the

main characters attitude about the

future change over the course of the
story?

*My Checklist (Day 2)- On Turning 10

*Lets make sure our Dear Future work is completed

(all ten questions answered)

*In the same Daily Spark section, title a new page On
Turning 10
*You DO NOT need to write down the questions you are
about to see, but need to practice completed
sentences.

* Technically, the voice of our poem could be a girl or boy,

lets just say it is a boy to make things easy.

* On the top of your page make sure you label

these notes Stanza 1

* 1)Locate the simile and write it down. (Look

up in your notes what a simile is if you dont
remember)

* 2)What are the three examples of how he feels

he is coming down with something?

* 3)In your own words, explain how turning 10

makes the speaker feel.

* Now label this section of notes Stanza 2

* 1)In two sentences, summarize what the

speakers description of his childhood was like

between ages 1 through 9.

* 2)When the speaker says he was certain people

when he was younger, and that he could
become invisible, what does he mean? Was he
really those people? Could he actually become
invisible?

* Label this section Stanza 3

* 1)What two objects does the speaker look out
his window and see?

* 2)What are the two things that are happening

now that never happened when he was
younger?

* 3)Write as many verbs that you see in this

entire stanza. What do they have in common?

What kind of activity do they describe?

* 4)Why do you think the speaker describes the

two objects in particular?

* Label this section Stanza 4

* 1) (Fill in the blank) Age 10 is at the beginning of?

* 2)Write one thing that is associated with childhood

from this stanza.

* 3)What does the speaker say it is time for him to

do?

4)The speaker says that turning age 10 is at the

beginning of something, and at the end of
something. What is it? Use your own words to
explain.

* Label this section of notes Stanza 5

* 1)Write the things the speaker says are true about himself when
he was younger.

* 2)What does the speaker say happens to him when he falls upon
the sidewalks of life?

* 3)Why do you think he says the sidewalks of life? How does

adding of life to that phrase make it better or more descriptive?

* 4)End of Poem Question- How does the speaker feel about

growing up?