2. Record your first impressions below.
I think that this poem is great because it uses a lot of metaphors and similes to describe what things are like.
3. Vocabulary Work
starboard - right side of the boat
alveolus - bony part of a socket where the tooth goes in
fossick- looking for something
4. Making Connections
Normally, people grow older but in this poem, the person grows younger. It might be because when you lose a tooth, you look a bit younger.
5. Identifying the point of change
a. Paragraph 3
b. Paragraph 7
c. The atmosphere is calm because the characters were by the seashore, looking for shells, and they were at home, sliding across their floor
d.
6. Identifying how the poem is communicated
alliteration - twelve teeth old
metaphor - your gums are an ocean of blood
personal pronoun - I
direct address -
listing - shells, starfish, pipi , and paua
adjective
simile
personification
