1. Poetry
By: Daud, Bradley, Grace, Liana

2. The Sidewalk Racer Most people don’t sail on cement.
Or on the skateboard
Most people don’t sail on cement.
But then, most people aren’t sidewalk racers.

3. Sway; I speed to whirring
Skimming
An asphalt sea
I swerve, I curve, I
Sway; I speed to whirring
sound an inch above the
ground; I’m the sailor
and the sail, I’m the driver and the wheel I’m the one and only single engine human auto mobile

4. Connect to your life Key to the poem Protective gear Techniques
What to watch out to skateboarding
Protective gear
Techniques
Location
Key to the poem
This poem is talking about skateboarding

5. Think it through What is the speaker in the poem doing?
-> riding a skateboarding
2. What is the shape of this poem?
-> Skateboard
3. Reread lines when riding a skateboard, what does the speaker feel that he or she is?
-> single engine human auto mobile; he/she powers the skateboard & it goes like a car.

6. Workbook page 100
Which lines contain only one word? -> first & last, Lines 1 & 12 what do those one-word lines represent in the shape of the skateboard? -> it represent the narrow ends of the skateboard Which is the longest line? -> 4 (5 words) What does the longest line represent in the shape of the skateboard? -> it represent the widest part of the skateboard