Alexa

ALEXA'S PAGE. This is [|My Autobiography].

My social studies project on [|Venice Italy].

This [|link] is my survey. If you didn't take it please do. If you already did take it leave it alone. these are my survey results.

This is my [|controversy page!!!!!].

**This is my poetry page. **



 And so is this,
with my sister.

This is my dog, Oscar.

This is the monster my family is making for halloween. I'll updatepictures of him 'till he's finished. This is my jack o lantern for Halloween.



=GIANT DEER IN OUR FRIENDS BACKYARD!!!=

Space is too huge to think there is limits.

If you think you can, you will.

The world is to beautiful to trash it, so restore it.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-size: 200%; text-align: center;">Life is to short to be mad or angry, but long enough to be happy.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0080ff; display: block; font-size: 200%; text-align: center;">The one who is friendly will be happy, because that person has friends.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1. Jack doesn't want to write poetry at the beginning of the book. Why doesn't he want to?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">He doesn't want to write poetry because, he said that poetry is for girls and overall he just doesn't want to.

// speeding down the road. //
Why do you think the blue car was important to Jack?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I think that the blue car was important to Jack because, well I read the book <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">before and I know that it kills his dog, and I think that was all that was <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">on his mind at the moment. He is never going to forget that blue car <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">splattered with mud whizzing down the road and thats how its important <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">that it kills its dog and he's never going to forget it.

===**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.**===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">If I knew that a young kid wrote something like Jacks poem I would be interested and keep nagging at him asking <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">WHAT DOES THE BLUE CAR MEAN, AND WHY IS IT SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD?!? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">It just sound interesting knowing that he wrote that when at the begining he refused to write poetry. It also sounded so NEW that I wanted more of it.

__**Writing Poetry**__
 * Write your own poem modeled after //The Red Wheelbarrow// by William Carlos Williams. Use the template below. Under your poem, tell why you wrote about the item you chose.**



<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

** so much depends **

** upon **

** a red wheel ** ** barrow **

** glazed with rain ** ** water **

** beside the white ** ** chickens. ** || The Red Wheelbarrow

Title by line

//Line 1// So much depends

//Line 2// upon

// Line 3 // (choose an important item in your life to write about)

// Line 4 // (describe the item as you see it. ie: color, size, appearance)

// Line 5 // (describe the location of the item) || <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">So much depends <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">upon <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">the yellow school bus <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">painted and scratched up <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">in the middle of the street.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4. How does Jack respond when Miss Strechberry asks him to write about a pet.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Well Jack responds to Miss Strechberry and he was all snotty about it, he says and I quote,

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I don't have any pets <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">so I can't write about one <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">and especially <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">can't write a **POEM** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">about one.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">So he's refusing to do an assinment and being mean about it, WOW. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">But then again it's poetry, so the tacher can't say no.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">4 1/2. Why do you think Miss Strechberry insists Jack write the poem, despite his reaction?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I think Miss Strenchberry insists on Jack writing his poem because POETRY!!! First thing it's probably an <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">assinment ,and he's getting into it, and he's good at it!!!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">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.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I think that Jack barrows other poets work because he hasn't really seen poetry before, and when he does barrow others work hes really good at making it his own.One example is when he makes his blue car poem with tiger sounds, and another is when he does the so much depends apon poem.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">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?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I think he wants his early poems to be anonymous because, I bet he <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> still thinks that poetry is for girls. At at the beginning I bet he thinks that <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> no one will like them or think they aren't poems. I sometimes don't <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">like sharing my things 'cus I think they are going to get made fun of.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">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.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Jack says that he really, really, really, REALLY, did not get pretty much everything Mr. Robert Frost said, he also said that Mr. Robert Frost has a little to much time on his hands. Yes, Jack does start making pictures <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">with his words, like when he says the whole thing on January 10th, and his poem on October 24th.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">9. How does Jack describe his street. What are some words he uses to describe it?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Jack uses words like thin, wisp, meow, and swish for his street.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">10. How would you describe the sights and sounds of your street or neighborhood in a poem? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Write an 8-15 line poem with short lines describing your street or neighborhood.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; text-align: center;">MY STREET

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Kids running down <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">the block <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">YELLING at one another <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">to stop. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">bikes <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">FLYING down <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">the street and <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">parents <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">watering gardens <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">talking with <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">neighbors walking <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">their <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">dogs YAPPING <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">at one another. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Grandparents giving <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">kids <span style="color: #ff0087; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">candy while <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">they LEAP with <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">joy.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">11. How are Jack's feelings about writing poetry changing? How do you know? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">I think that he's beggining to respect poetry and understand it and not just think its for girls. He's liking it (I think ) with all the ryming and the <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">spacing and <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">the words.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">12. Make your own concrete poetry in your packet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">13. Why did Jack like the poem by Walter Dean Myers so much? Use evidence from the book to support your answer.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Jack liked the poem because, he said that it was the BEST BEST best best poem. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">He also said that ''my dad called me in the mornings just like that. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">He calls Hey there son! Then he said When I had my yellow dog I loved that dog and I would call him like this- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">I'd say- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Hey there Sky!''

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">14. Use the first page in your packet to write a poem modeled after Walter Dean Myer's poem, Love that Boy.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Love that day, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">like a bell loves to ring <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">I said I love that day <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">like a bell loves to ring <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Love to call to it in it's morning <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">love to call it <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">"Hey there, world!

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">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.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">In his poem on May 14th the talks about his dog Sky and how he died and thats when the blue car, blue car poem collides, literally into Sky's story. He also uses the repeating a lot of his word over and over again witch he does all the time now.