After much discussion students learned that the author uses this phrase not only to describe how she shut Mr. Freeman's car door, but also to describe how Melinda 'closes the door' to Mr. Freeman's offer to listen to her problems.
Then students wrote their own "I close the door" poem. Students used this phrase as a refrain (a repeated line) to describe how they or Melinda or anyone 'shuts the door' to people who try and offer help. In some cases, poems ended positively with the speaker in the poem learning to 'open their door' and receive help.
The poems were read aloud.
After break we worked on pp. 95-116 questions and the David Petrakis journal assignment -- THIS IS DUE ON FRIDAY , May 7th.
Final Speak novel test will likely be Tuesday, May 11th.
