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acTiViTY 2.3
My notes
interpret the Text Using close Reading
Learning Target
• Express inferences and conclusions drawn based on close reading of grade-level texts and viewing of multimedia using some frequently used verbs (e.g., shows that, based on).
Read and Annotate
Read the poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto and annotate the text as you read.
■ Use the My Notes area to write questions or ideas you have about the poem. ■ Underline words and phrases that appeal to the senses.
■ Put a star next to an image that seems especially powerful to you.
■ Put an exclamation mark next to a figure of speech that strikes you.
■ Circle unknown words.
Oranges
by Gary Soto
The first time I walked
With a girl, I was twelve,
Cold, and weighted down With two oranges in my jacket.
5 December. Frost cracking Beneath my steps, my breath Before me, then gone,
As I walked toward
Her house, the one whose 10 Porch light burned yellow
Night and day, in any weather. A dog barked at me, until
She came out pulling
At her gloves, face bright
15 With rouge. I smiled, Touched her shoulder, and led Her down the street, across
A used car lot and a line
Of newly planted trees,
20 Until we were breathing Before a drugstore. We
150 SpringBoard® English Language Development Grade 6
Poetry
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