Friday, 9/3/99

• "Mother to Son"
• Read the poem 2x (or more).
• Answer the following questions in your notebook:
1. What are you first thoughts about this poem? Do you like it? Why/not?
2. Try to picture the mother. Briefly describe her. What makes you think so?
3. The poem compares life to _________. This is called a ___________.
4. Why might this woman have chosen this image to represent her life?
5. What is her advice for her son?
6. Is this meant to be a depressing poem? What makes you think so?
• To the computer lab for STAR Reading testing.