Writing in Response to Poems About Growing Up, …

[Pages:1]Writing in Response to Poems About Growing Up, Close Reader pages 79-82

To extend your understanding of the these poems and of poetry in general, think about what kind of person you would like to become or what you have learned from others about growing up.

Use either images or metaphors, as Julio Noboa Polanco did in "Identity," or use a personal anecdote--or short life detail--as a metaphor, as Janet S. Wong did in "Hard on the Gas," to express your thoughts and feelings about growing up.

Choose your images or anecdotes carefully.

Then, create your own poem based on your images or anecdotes. Your poem(s) should:

? focus on the theme of growing up. ? use images or anecdotes as metaphors. ? express a larger meaning that other people can relate to about the topic

of growing up.

When your poems are complete, I hope you will wish to share them with the class.

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