Jack's Feelings
What word describes how Jack feels about poetry at first?
Frustrated — He says, “I don’t want to write poetry. You can’t make me.”
Find one line Jack says on page 20.
Any direct quote from page 20
What does Jack learn about poetry?
Jack learns poems can make pictures with words.
Describe Jack in one word.
Whatever YOU feel!
What does Jack think about “The Pasture” poem?
He doesn’t like or understand “The Pasture.” Quote: “I really really really did NOT get the pasture poem you read today.”
What page does Jack mention the “snowy woods” poem?
Page 21 — “And you said that Mr. Robert Frost who wrote about the pasture was also the one who wrote about those snowy woods …”
What poet does Jack admire?
Walter Dean Myers
How does Jack feel when he shares his work?
Brave or confident
What line shows Jack didn’t get the poem?
“I really really really did NOT get the pasture poem you read today.”
What quote shows Jack is confused?
“I think Mr. Robert Frost has a little too much time on his hands.”
Why do people say Frost's writing is poetry?
Jack says people think Frost’s words are poems because they were typed to look like poems.
How does Jack feel when others read his poems?
Jack feels proud and nervous when others read his poems.
How does Jack’s attitude about his poems change?
He starts to feel proud of his poems after they are typed. Quote: “typed up they look like poems.”
What’s the evidence that Jack doesn’t understand “The Pasture”?
“I really really really did NOT get the pasture poem you read today.”
What does Jack think poems can do?
Jack believes poems use imagery — “making pictures with words.”
What shows Jack is becoming more confident?
“They really look like poems”
What line shows he’s proud of his poem?
“The other kids are looking at them and they think they really are poems.”
What quote proves Jack is thinking deeply?
“Maybe the wheelbarrow poem is about the red wheelbarrow.”
What poet is connected to the red wheelbarrow?
William Carlos Williams — the red wheelbarrow poem
Why does typing his poem change his thinking?
Typing helped Jack see the structure and beauty in his own work — gave him confidence.