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Out of the Pocket, Bill Konigsberg. Qtr. 1, Cycle 4 Reading Response, 53-103.

        

In the section I read, it described how Bobby Framingham and his friends took the news that Bobby was gay. It told how Bobby's friends as well as his counselor for school accepted the fact that Bobby was gay. However, Bobby still didn't know how to explain to his parents or coaches that he was gay. Bobby is also frustrated that no one understood what his situation was that he didn’t want him coming out as gay to  be a big deal to everyone but at the same time he needed to tell people to get it off his back.

         The author uses the six traits to explain how Bobby is going through his problem. He also uses the six traits to explain things like the football games that Bobby plays in, or what's going on in school for Bobby. For example, the author organizes the story like a full of week of school where Bobby goes to school, practices after school, and prepares for the big games on the weekends so its all in chronological order of what happens during the week in Bobby's week.

         During this section of the book, I noticed that he organized the story to tell how Bobby is trying to deal with people knowing he's gay, after just recently in the last section telling people that he's gay. I think the author structured this section good because he really made it feel like we were there and going through time with Bobby taking one step of the problem at a time. I think the effect the author is trying to send out is to let us feel how Bobby is feeling and try to see how this is affecting Bobby and how it would feel if it was us with his problem.

Found poem free choice writing 2

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Found poem

To David, About his Education

By Howard Nemerov

The world is full of invisible things,

always changing your life.

You wake up in the morning and get a text,

that may change your plans from one thing to the next.

You try your best,

to be like the rest.

But you cannot see,

what the future may be.

Because the world is full of invisible things.

Poetry scavenger hunt

Poetry Scavenger Hunt

1. A blind Fisherman By Stanley Moss

He could not fish, he could not walk, he fell

in his own feces. He wept. He died where he fell.

This passage can relate to the situation where life presents difficulties or challenges because these lines are about a blind man who cannot see what he's doing or where he's going. This blind man has the challenge of going about his life without knowing where he's going or being able to see what he's doing and it relates to how life presents itself with difficulties or challenges.

2. The last laugh By Wilfred Owen

‘O Jesus Christ! I’m hit,’ he said; and died.

This line from the poem The last laugh relates to the second topic because the day you die is a very big milestone, even though your not there to see yourself die. Your death day is just as important as the day your born because it is the day you leave this world, just like how it was celebrated when you came into this world.

3. Mother explains heaven to dying son By Pamela A. Snow

Please give me the words, O Lord, and
let me say them with a smile...

This line relates to the third topic about a toast or prayer because it is about a mother calling to god in prayer to let her son be welcomed into heaven when he dies.

4. Marry me again? By Michelle Gauci

I think back to the day
of when we said "I Do"

These lines relate to the topic of marriage or relationship because it is about a man trying to propose to a woman again after they got a divorce and he's thinking back to the day he said "I do" the first marriage.

5. To be the best By Eric Roth

To be the best you see…..

Be the best that you can be…..

These lines relate to the topic of motivation or leading an audience because it is giving advice on how to be a good person and  persuade you to be the best person you can be.

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Out of the Pocket, Bill Konigsberg. Qtr. 1, Cycle 3 Reading Response, 1-52.

           

In the section I read from the book Out of the Pocket, it gave an introduction of the story. The main character, Bobby Framingham, is a star quarterback at his high school in California. Bobby has everything anyone would want. He's a star athlete, he's popular, and he even got the prettiest girl in school to like him. The problem with Bobby however, is that he's gay and is afraid to admit it. Bobby thinks coming out as gay to the world will create problems for his future career in sports and thinks he will be made fun of in school. So, he tries to cover up by making excuses every time a girl wants to do something with him, or why he always wants to be with guys. He thinks his problem is only getting worse because at night in his dreams, it's of guys undressing and being with him.

            In this book, the author Bill Konigsberg is trying to make the setting of the story as realistic as possible. The main setting is at the high school that Bobby goes to, and he's trying to create a real life setting of a high school in modern day. He puts in a couple swear words where most people like us would use them, he has people making gay and racial jokes, and he talks about people liking each other and the other things people our age talk about. The author uses the six traits to explain about Bobby's problem as being a gay all state high school quarterback and probably one of the top prospects in the country. The author gives us visualizations of what's going on with Bobby, he tells us what Bobby's thinking, and how Bobby is trying to deal with this problem.

The author has structured this part of the story to give us an introduction to the story. He's told us the main problem, which is Bobby being gay and not knowing how to come out to the world with this. The writer has crafted his writing to make it like a real high school students life. Swearing, gay jokes, football, and friends all make his writing come to life as a real setting. The purpose behind this effect is to give us an idea of how the people and place Bobby is in is like. It tells us how Bobby feels, and how we may feel if our friends knew we were gay and if they would understand, or make fun of us.

           

Riddle

Riddle Poem Assignment

I find space on the side of the road to sit,

I wear clothes all the time that barely fit.

My beard is as long as a foot,

And I often use things that I took.

I ride on buses to get around,

And cash in cans and bottles I found.

I walk along highways all day and night,

I look like a mess, an ugly sight.

I'm a vagabond, wheeling around a grocery cart,

I often sleep on the side of Walmart.

SAT prep essay

            In the world we live in today, I think everyone needs to have a network or a family. A family is a group of people who care about you and take care of you. It doesn’t have to be your birth parents or siblings to make a family, it can be anyone who you think loves you and is close to you. I think we need a family or network because they are the ones who help us through happy or sad times, they are the ones who help to support us in whatever our goals may be, and they are the ones who take care of us and give us someone to talk to.

            Families help each other out in a lot of ways. One way is that families help each other get through happy, sad, good, or bad times in our life. Without a family, there is no one out there who is going to care about you and help you more than a family would. There may be random strangers who might ask if your ok when you look sad, but a family is going to help you to make the bad points of your life turn into something good, and the good points in life stay good.

            Families support you no matter what. If you’re a kid and plan on going to college as one of your goals in life, your family is going to have your back and help to pay tuition and transport you to that college. Families are always supportive of each other no matter what. Without a family, there is no way you can reach your goals, or it may be very hard to do so without them. A family is what helps you to be successful in life, and you need them to survive and live through this tough world of every man for himself.

            Lastly, families take care of you. If you’re a homeless guy, with no food or shelter, barely any clothes, and no place to sleep at night, that is probably because he has no family to take care of him. A family can provide you with food, shelter, clothes, and each other. It is important to have each other in a family because it gives you someone to talk to, to listen to, and to share ideas with. I always here homeless people with no families talking to themselves and I think that its because they have no one to talk to. Family members are often times your best friend. They have your back and will help you out in any way that they can, and I think that’s why it is important to have a family or network.