1. Wanderer
Read and copy the poem exactly as it appears here on a sheet of paper.
Circle one word that you think is the most important.
Underline any descriptive phrases that stand out to you
ID one literary device
What is this poem about?
by Antonio Machado
Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road– Only wakes upon the sea.

2. Warm-Up: 8/30 Golden Retrievals by Mark Doty
Directions: Skip 4-5 pages in your comp. book before completing this warm-up.
Read and copy the poem exactly as it appears here in your comp. book.
Circle one word that you think is the most important.
Underline any descriptive phrases that stand out to you
ID one literary device
What is this poem about?
Fetch? Balls and sticks capture my attention
seconds at a time. Catch? I don’t think so.
Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel who’s—oh
joy—actually scared. Sniff the wind, then
I’m off again: muck, pond, ditch, residue
of any thrillingly dead thing. And you?
Either you’re sunk in the past, half our walk,
thinking of what you never can bring back,
or else you’re off in some fog concerning
—tomorrow, is that what you call it? My work: to unsnare time’s warp (and woof!), retrieving, my haze-headed friend, you.
This shining bark, a Zen master’s bronzy gong, calls you here, entirely, now: bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow.

3. *What does it reveal about the story?
Warm-Up 9/2
Directions: Copy the chart below in your comp book. For each quotation below, decide which literary
element is being focused on. Then, explain how this quote is an example of that literary element.
What does it reveal about the story? Use the definitions below to help you.
Setting: where the story takes place
Conflict: the problem presented in the story
Point of view: the relationship between the narrator and the story he/she tells
Tone: the narrator's attitude toward the people, events and issues in the story
Quotation
Literary Element
*How is this quote an example
of that literary element?
*What does it reveal about the story?
"I was only six months old and I was supposed to croak during the surgery. And even if I somehow survived the mini-Hoover, I was supposed to suffer serious brain damage during the procedure and live the rest of my life as a vegetable" (2).
Circle one:
Setting
Conflict
Point of view
Tone