Title: Teenagers What are your initial thoughts on the
meaning and purpose of the to?
Paraphrase every 5 or so lines: Make inferences and summarize possible
connections to theme
One day they disappear
into their rooms,
Doors and list
and we become strangers
in our own home
I pace the hall, hear whispers
a code I knew but can't remember
mouthed by mouths taught to speak
Years later the door opens
I see faces once held
open as anders is my hands. I see
familiar skin now stretched on long bodies
that move past me
glowing almost like pearls.
Connotation:
Look at word choice, what words or
phrases might have an important
meaning or associated value? What are
those implied meanings?
Attitude:
What is the speaker's attude about
teenagers?
Title:
Revist the title Now that you've read
the poem, what is the meaning or
significance of the to?
Finding the theme:
What is the topic of the poem?
The author or character wants
you to learn?