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=**Responses**=
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**1. Jack doesn't want to write poetry at the beginning of the book. Why doesn't he want to?**

 * 1. At the beginning of the the story Jack doesn't want to write poetry becase he says that it's for girls**


 * 2. Jack's first poem meant to him that he drove in a blue car for miles.**

**3. What caused Miss Strechberry to be so interested in Jack's first poem? Describe what Miss Stretchberry does to get Jack to write more poems, especially about the blue car.**

 * 3. Miss Stretchberry was so interested in Jacks first poem because it had some kind of meaning to Jack and was very deep. She thinks his poetry is good and won't read it in front of the class but also wants him to write more.**


 * 4. How does Jack respond when Miss Strechberry asks him to write about a pet? Why do you think Miss Strechberry insists Jack write the poem, despite his reaction? **


 * 4. Miss Strechberry wants Jack to write a poem about a pet because maybe she knows he will write about it because everyone has at least had one pet in there life time.**


 * 5. Jack borrows some ideas from other poets' works. Why? Does borrowing from others help him develop his own style? Give two examples of Jack borrows the ideas of others. **


 * 5. I think That Jack borrows ideas from other poets to get inspiration. He writes about the blue car for the poem "The red wheel barrel" and he writes about**


 * 6. Jack is nervous about having his work displayed in the classroom. Why does he want his early poems to be anonymous? How does he expect his classmates to react? Do you ever have a hard time sharing your work? Why? **

6.Jack is nervous about sharing his poems in the classroom because he thinks he will be made fun of. He wants his poems to be anonymous because he doesn't want to be embarassed in front of his classmates for writing poems. He probably expects his classmates to react negetively because they don't understand that boys can write poems too and they don't have to be considerd nerds or losers. Sometimes I don't like sharing stories that I write because I'm arfaid that someone will say that it sucks I mean stinks

. 7. Jack says that the wheelbarrow poet probably had his teacher type the poem up for him. He also says that Robert Frost just made pictures with words about the snowy woods and the pasture. He is beggining to make pictures with words because he decribes in very detailed words, the buildings and animals.
 * 7. What does Jack say about the 'wheelbarrow poet' and Mr. Robert Frost? Is he beginning to make pictures with words in his own writing? How? Give three examples. **


 * 8. What is the Author's purpose? Who is the author's audience for this book? From who's point of view is the author telling the story? Why do you think the author chose this point of view and format for the story? **

8. The authors purpose is to write an entertaining story abourt a boy and his poetry. The author is telling the story from Jacks point of veiw. I think that the author chose to make Jack be the narorator because it would have made the book more interesting and sentimental in my opinion.


 * 9. How does Jack describe his street? What are some words he uses to describe it? **

9.Jack decribes his street as long and narrow and has houses right next to each other. He also says that the houses have small yards.


 * 10. How would you describe the sights and sounds of your street or neighborhood in a poem? Write an 8-15 line poem with short lines describing your street or neighborhood. **

10. Quiet streets. Average road, not very busy. Old people and young poeple are outside during the day. Its rare to hear a car drive by after midnight. In the summer lawn mowers are always on. In the winter its like a ghost town. In the fall there are lots of trees, so there are lots of leaves In the spring there are lots of flowers and pollen.


 * 11. How are Jack's feelings about writing poetry changing? How do you know? Use evidence from the story to support your answer. **

11.Jacks feelings about writing poetry are changing because he is writing a lot more poems. In the story youcan tell that he is really getting into the poetry tecniqe.I think may


 * 13. Why did Jack like the poem by Walter Dean Myers so much? Use evidence from the book to support your answer. **

13.be Jack likes the walter dean poem so much because he had a yellow dog and would say hey there sky and his dad would be like hey there son, to jack.


 * 15. In his poem on May 14 called //My Sky,// Jack tells in vivid detail what happened to his dog, Sky. How does this poem build on previous poems Jack has either written or read? How does Jack reuse his own words, and where can you find lines that were inspired by other poets? __Cite evidence__. **

15.When jack wrote the poem my sky, that poem tells you that all the poems that he wrote before my sky all mean or lead up to what my sky was about and now we know about the blue car.