Poetry

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Poetry
By Daud, Bradley, Grace, Liana
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The Sidewalk Racer
Or on the skateboard
Most people dont sail on cement. But then, most
people arent sidewalk racers.
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Skimming An asphalt sea I swerve, I curve, I
Sway I speed to whirring sound an inch above
the ground Im the sailor

• and the sail, Im the
• driver and the wheel
• Im the one and only
• single engine
• human auto
• mobile

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Connect to your life
What to watch out to skateboarding

• Protective gear
• Techniques
• Location

Key to the poem
This poem is talking about skateboarding
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Think it through

• What is the speaker in the poem doing?
• -gt riding a skateboarding
• 2. What is the shape of this poem?
• -gt Skateboard
• 3. Reread lines 6-12. when riding a skateboard,
  what does the speaker feel that he or she is?
• -gt single engine human auto mobile he/she powers
  the skateboard it goes like a car.

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Workbook page 100

• Which lines contain only one word?
• -gt first last, Lines 1 12
• what do those one-word lines represent in the
  shape of the skateboard?
• -gt it represent the narrow ends of the skateboard
• Which is the longest line?
• -gt 4 (5 words)
• What does the longest line represent in the shape
  of the skateboard?
• -gt it represent the widest part of the skateboard