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1. Jack doesn't want to write poetry at the beginning of the book. Why doesn't he want too? Jack doesn't want to write poetry because he thinks only girls write poetry not boys.

2. In Jack's first poem he writes

So much depends

Upon

A blue __car__

Splattered with mud

__Speeding__ down the road.

Why do you think the blue car was important to Jack? I think the blue car is important to Jack because maybe he wants a blue car or his family owns one.

**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.**
Miss Strechberry is interested in Jacks poem because he didn't explain why he wrote about the blue car. Miss Strechberry gets him to write more poems about the blue car by telling him to write more about the blue car.

This is my version of The Red Wheelbarrow

So much depends

Upon

A Grey house

With brick and stone

In a Quiet Neighborhood.


 * 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?**


 * Jack responds kind of sad because maybe his pet died and was very special to him, I think Miss Strechberry wanted Jack to write a poem because he could use his feelings to write a very good poem**


 * 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.**


 * I think borrowing ideas helps because it gives ideas for your own styles and maybe it helps you see versions you didn't notice, Jack usually uses the same theme and concept in his poems**


 * 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?**


 * I think Jack wants his work to be anonymous because he doesn't have confidence that it is good, I also think Jack thinks his classmates will not like it or even make fun of it, I am sometimes afraid to share my work because I'm afraid I will get an answer wrong**


 * 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.**


 * Jack says he thinks the poets just wrote some words and their teachers just typed them __#|up and__ called them poems, I think jack is making pictures in his head because when he tells stories he writes them like poems, he uses emotions in his poems, and he uses memories for poems**


 * 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?**


 * This book is from Jacks point of view,i think the authors purpose is to entertain, i think the author choose Jacks point of view so we can see what is was like to be a kid writing poetry, the audience is us.**


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


 * Jack describes his neighborhood as quiet and simple, he uses words like quiet,whisp,swish,and meow**


 * 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.**


 * Simple landscape**


 * Simple house**


 * Simple kids**


 * Simple Dogs**


 * Simple rooms**


 * Simple trees**


 * Simple windows**


 * But loud cars**


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


 * Jacks feeling are changing because he is realizing hat poetry isn't that bad and it is actually fun, i know**
 * because Jack doesn't talk about how boring poetry is anymore.**


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


 * Jack liked the poem because he could relate to it, that is how he felt about Sky and his dad called him too**


 * 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__.**


 * Jack uses information from his previous poems about Sky to write about, Jack reuses words like the blue splattered car speeding down the road.**