What are some important discussion questions you are considering in regards to this book? These questions will be ones that the group members will really want to talk about. They are questions which might invite debate, and speculation using information from the text and the readers background knowledge.
Post your important discussion question or questions.
Please respond to one other entry regarding discussion questions.
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Here are a few discussion questions to think about:
What have you learned about the poet’s life through the poems in this book?
How do you think the poet feels abouthis family? How do you know?
What is the poet’s view on reading and writing poetry?
Discussion questions to think about:
Choose a poem and tell how you can relate to the experiences and/or emotions.
Do you like to read the author's poems that rhyme or do you like to read his free-verse poetry? Explain.
How do you think the author feels about school?
Rene, I liked your discussion starter of choosing a poem to relate to with experiences and emotions in mind. If I had to choose a poem to relate to I would say the poem titled Memory Loss. My husband's grandfather was just diagnosed with alzheimer’s diease. This poem opens my eyes to what that truly means. And, according to this class' textbook (chapter 3) a good book contains unexpected insights like this poem did for me. It brought upon new meaning of this diease for me. Good question.
In the poem, Writer's Notebook the author used words like hundredaire, thousandaire, pennyaire. Do you think it is okay to create words as you write poems? I really like the way the author did and it makes sense because he related his words to a millionaire.
Answering the question, "How do you think the poet feels about this family? How do you know? I think the poet writes honestly and creatively about his family. He really loves his family because he made sure to write about the immediate people in his family. He wrote honestly as he described his sister as Earth Head. He wrote about his mother, father, sister, grandma, teachers, Uncle John, a girl who he liked, himself. He wrote his true feelings with respect to his loved ones.
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