“In the Time I Get” Guided Reading 1. How did Darren feel when he was living in his hometown? Why did he move to his uncle’s?

2. How did people treat Louie when they realized he was friends with Darren?

3. How did Louie’s feelings change from the beginning of the story to the end? Use specific details that show his transformation.

4. Choose a scene from the story and describe the action using STRONG verbs.

5. Sequence the 5 most important events from the story and provide specific details:

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Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. the phrase "she turned white for just a moment" is mainly used to show that della has very fair skin. is afraid of jim's reaction. is beginning to get an illness. had become extremely angry.

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

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