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Changes



"I used to be a smashed bug lying on the sidewalk,
But now I'm a monarch soaring free!"

Sandy Smith
7th Grader


We are always changing. Once you couldn't read, now you can. Once you wrote with a pencil, now you write with a computer. Once you rode a tricycle, now you ride a ten-speed.

Think about changes that occur to everyone your age. Think about changes that are very personal. Think about yourself when you were younger. Think about yourself as a baby, as a toddler, as a kindergartener, as a second grader, as you are now.

Write a poem in an "I used to" form about yourself. Here's an example:


I used to have short hair,
But now I have long.

I used to like ice cream,
But now I like yogurt.

I used to ride tricycles,
But now I race bikes.

I used to play chopsticks,
But now I play Chopin.

I used to slink in the corner,
But now I hover in command.



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Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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Look through the changes you have listed above and choose the one that seems the most important to you. Then write a short essay telling how this change came about.

Here is an example of an "I Used To Be" statement:

"I used to be stuck up,
But now I am friendly."

Here is an essay using this statement as its topic:

"I was stuck up for a long time. I don't know how I got that way. Maybe secretly I was afraid I wasn't as good as other people. Anyway, I got stuck up in about the third grade. I was elected class president then. I acted like I was really hot. I laughed at other kids who weren't as popular as I was.

"What made me stop being stuck up? I'm not sure. Probably I noticed that I wasn't having much fun. I think I was nervous that people wouldn't like me. It was like I always had to be in control and putting other people down. It just seemed wrong to try to feel good about myself by thinking badly of others."



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First, copy the lines you chose from your poem and place the copy by the first marker below.



My "I Used To" Poem

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Now write your essay describing what caused this change:


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If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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