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The Slushy Drinkers by Paul Mason

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We are learning to make inferences about a text

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Clarify

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What is a plague?

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What is a colony?

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Question

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Where do you think the story is taking place?

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Where are the children going?

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What happened to the adults?

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What do you think is really going on?

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My Future - Rashidah Writs

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My future sounds like its so far away

but its gets closer to me each and every day

I’m not sure on what I truly want to be

Everyone around is just confusing me

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I promise my family and friends;

I will pursue a career.

But I’m always getting distracted by my peers.

The things that they say seem to always get to me.

But in the future they will eventually see.

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They'll see that my hardwork will pay off

They'll be begging me for help on my paid days off

I’m smart but at times I refrain to use my brain

If I don’t decide to now; I’ll go insane.

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1.Explain what the author is describing in each stanza (paragraph).

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What message is the author trying to tell you through this poem?

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Choose an image that represents the story and record a voice over or write a summary of the main ideas of the text and explain what you think is really happening

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Don’t forget to share this image on your blog!