Genre
Wilson MS
First Baseball Glove
Grading Guidelines
About Mr. Bywater
100

Creative (not true) plot-driven stories.

FICTION

100

The schools TWO colors.

Green and white.

100
The boys are given their new gloves in WHICH stanza?

Stanza 4

100

You didn't turn in an assignment. This goes in the gradebook...

Z

100

Number of years Mr. Bywater has taught at Wilson.

0. This is his first year at Wilson.

200

Informational (and factually true) texts.

NONFICTION

200

After Wilson, students will attend these TWO schools.

Vines High and Plano Senior

200

On what line does their mother see their new gloves?

Line 29

200

You didn't do an assignment and your teacher wants to exempt you from it.

X

200

Number of pets Mr. Bywater has.

0

300

Uses rhythm and sometimes rhyme to convey feelings or ideas.

POETRY

300

What room is Mr. Bywater's class?

B-135

300

What is the name of the poem's speaker?

Don (or Donald)

300

You turned an assignment in late. __ points will be subtracted.

20

300

Mr. Bywater's favorite sport.

Ice hockey.

400

A play. For the theatre. Characters and dialogue.

DRAMA

400

Wilson was founded in THIS decade in the 1900s.

1970s

(1970 to be exact)

400

Based on the information in the first two stanzas, in what city does the speaker probably live?

New York City

400

A late assignment will be accepted up to __ days after the original due date.

10

400

Country Mr. Bywater visited this summer.

Italy.

500

This is a sub-genre for stories set in the future...but show a dark, scary view of the world.

DYSTOPIAN

500

The last names of all THREE principals at Wilson.

Bauerkemper, Evetts, Martin

500

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

None. There are no rhyming patterns in this poem.
500

Mr. Bywater will have at least __ daily grades and __ major grades.

8 daily and 2 major

500

State Mr. Bywater was born and educated.

California.

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