This is the Devil’s Backbone in Loveland, Colorado This is the Devil’s Backbone in Loveland, Colorado. When I see it, I am reminded of the time when I went hiking with the Girl Scouts…

by William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold This is a poem by WCW. When I read it, it reminded me of that poem by Shel Silverstein called “Sorry I Spilled It” because it’s an apology poem.

This is a snowball fight This is a snowball fight. When I see it, I’m reminded that we are still at war with other countries.

"Where you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.” “The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.”~Wally Lamb, Wishin’ and Hopin’ "Never walk near the bed; to a ghost your ankle is your most vulnerable part--once in bed, you're safe; he may lie around under the bed all night, but you're safe as daylight. If you still have doubts pull the blanket over your head.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise "I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.” ~Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous Choose on of these quotes. Is your connection to an event in your own life? Something else you’ve read? To a world event? ( After this activity, show students three examples of sticky notations in the book that you are reading. One of each connection.) "Where you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.” ~Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

Today as you read, look for connections and annotate them when you see them with a sticky note. Remember: Text – self connections occur when we make connections between personal experiences and the text. Text – text connections occur when we make connections between other texts in relation to the text we are reading. Text – world connections occur when we relate the text with what we already know about the world.