https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten What is this stanza about? (with reference to the stanza your group has been assigned) Don't forget to put the stanza number at the top of your post! en-us 2018-07-11 12:29:19 UTC 2018-08-01 13:40:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003115 He finally decides to say good bye to his imaginary friends with great sadness as he is turning ten and realises that the older he gets the more mature he must be.]]> 2018-07-12 02:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003115 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003153 You tell me it is too early to be looking back-it is too early to think about the past
The writer says that people tell him that it is to early to look back in the past. Those people can't recall the perfect simple thing of having his first birthday. And the writer says that ge dresses up and it is hard/complicated to be two. But the writer can lie on his bed and look back/ memories rushing back at every year he grows older. During his birthday, he dressed up. When he was four ]]> 2018-07-12 02:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003153 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003197 It was him thinking about how easy it was to be young. At the age of one his life was simple. At two he started looking things in a more complex way.At four he imagined himself to be an arabian wizard and thought that he could be invisible by drinking milk in a certain way.At Seven he imagined himself to be a soldier and at nine,a prince.This shows that he had a Very good imagination when he was young.]]> 2018-07-12 02:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003197 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003249 Stanza 3 Tobias,Joel,Arcis,Zhi Hang
It-late afternoon sun
When he says that he is mostly at the window,It means that he is maturing
When he says that his bicycle never leaned against the garage as it does today,It means that it has gotten old
And that when the blue speed has been drained,it means that it is not as fast as when he was younger




]]> 2018-07-12 02:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003249 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003732 When the author says that he ‘is mostly at the window’ it means that he is very lonely and he is pretty much wasting time staring through the window.Is it also stated that he was’watching the late afternoon light’ means that he prefers the dark late days rather than the bright mornings.’Back then he never fell so solemnly against the side of the treehouse’ tells us that before he was ten he used to spend alot of happy times at his treehouse.It is also stated that his ‘bicycle never leaned against the garage,as it does today’Through this we can clearly see that before he turned 10 he always used to use his bycicle but now he doesn’t.Finally it says that ‘all the dark blue speed drained out of it’.This tell us is that before turning ten he used to ride his bicycle at high speeds often.So through this stanza we can infer that after turning ten the author’s life changed completely and the happy and cheerful boy he used to be now changed into a gloomy and sad boy]]> 2018-07-12 02:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003732 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003763 there’s this boy, who’s at the window oftentimes and he feels lonely. He sits at the window to watch the late afternoon light which is not as bringt compared to noon. Last time when he was younger he didn’t feel sad when he was at the side of his tree house,his bicycle usually does not lean against his garage but it did now that he turned 10. He had a wild imagination and believed when he rode his bicycle he would imagine there was dark blue speed and taht he would ride his bicycle really fast back then.]]> 2018-07-12 02:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003763 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003889 When he turned 10,he had the realization that he knew he had to face reality as he starts to develop a more mature mindset. Most Importantly, he knew he could not dwell back on the past and always move on ;-;]]> 2018-07-12 02:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003889 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003981 These lines convey the sadness of turning ten.”mostly at the window” shows that the writer was lonely and sad,”watching the late afternoon light”,shows that the writer has nothing to do now or he does not have the mood to do any activities. “back then it never felt so solemnly” shows that he feels so sad for the first time in his treehouse. “Against the side of the treehouse” shows that the writer goes to his treehouse when he is in a good mood,but as he is turning ten,he is feeling sad in his treehouse for the first time. “My bicycle never leaned against the garage as it does today” shows that the writer always go out to ride his bike,but when he turns ten, he stopped riding his bike. “All the dark blue speed drained out of it” shows that the writer used to imagine the speed coming out of his bike when he is riding it, his imagination wild. But now that the writer is turning ten,he is feeling forlorn.

]]> 2018-07-12 02:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270003981 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270004029 He is accepting the fact that he is growing up]]> 2018-07-12 02:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270004029 https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270004159 when the author says the bicycle never used to lean against the garage it means that he is not as playful anymore and his imagination is slowly fading away and now its leaning next to the garage unused and all the colour is gone because he doesnt use it anymore...sad]]> 2018-07-12 02:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270004159 widya_barnwell https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270004240 when he was young he had an imagination that he could shine and if anyone hurt him he could always find the bright side in negative things but as he grew older he could feel the pain in his failure and the consequences he faced because of it.]]> 2018-07-12 02:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/clairesyh/onturningten/wish/270004240