"On Turning Ten" Discussion 3/7 by Kaelyn Wood https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue After reading the poem "On Turning Ten" draw connections between the theme of growing up and Jem and Scout's growing in the novel. Use one piece of textual evidence in your response. Once you have posted, respond to two other posts. Put your name in the title of your post. en-us 2018-01-29 00:50:48 UTC 2025-10-23 11:09:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Miss Wood https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260239 The poem "On Turning Ten" and the novel have a common theme of growing up and losing innocences. This is clearly shown when "shdfaosindfeorifneoirfnaks;djnvaeoirfa;jdsv" Clearly the lost of innocence........]]> 2018-01-30 18:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260239 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260298 2018-01-30 18:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260298 Max Johnson https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260724 The way that growing up is described in the poem seems like it fits the description of how Scout would be feeling in the books. Scout has been excluded from being with the boys, which we know has made her feel bad about growing up. She resents being a girl in a sense. This relates to how the narrator of the poem feels, as described in stanza 1, "The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache or the headaches I get from reading in bad light-- a kind of measles of the spirit, a mumps of the psyche,1 a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul." (Collins, stanza 1)]]> 2018-01-30 18:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260724 Nathan Churchich https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260971 "On Turning Ten" and TKAM share the similar theme of becoming mature as you grow up. As both the narrator and Jem grow up, they become much more mature. This cna be shown in TKAM when Lee quotes, "Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible." (153). This quote shows Jem maturing and realizing that reality is different than his imagination. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226260971 Sloan Alber https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261054 In both texts, the theme of an exciting childhood filled with lots of playing and adventure is present. In "To Kill A Mockingbird", Scout and Jem spend much of their childhood running around the yard playing. As Lee begins talking about the time they met Dill, she says casually, "As we were beginning our day's play". This clearly shows that play was a normal part of their routine. In the poem "On Turning Ten", the child talks about is exciting childhood filled with lots of play and adventure. As they both grow older, however, they mature, and play begins to become a smaller and smaller part of their routine. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261054 Gracey Oberg https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261130 The poem "On Turning Ten" and the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird"  have a similar theme of growing up. This is shown in  TKAM when both Jem and Scout are continually growing up within the story. Eventually you see that Jem no longer wants to play and do certain things and he is done with childish things just as in the poem, that once he turns ten he will no longer have imaginary friends or ride his bike the same way. That is one way that you can see how they have a common theme of growing up.]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261130 Nick Meier https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261161 The poem "On Turning Ten"  and TKAM both have a similar theme of growing up. The poems theme about growing up is that as you get older life gets harder and reality sets in. this is shown on stanza four when the narrator says " This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself as I walk through the universe in my sneakers." The theme in TKAM is very similar. For example, as Scout and Jem get older they dont pay attention to the Radley house as much this shows them maturing.]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261161 Abby Narvaez https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261188 The novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" and the poem "Turning Ten" both have the wonderful theme of growing up and can be compared pretty clearly to each other. You can see this in the poem, when the narrator mentions that once they turn ten years old, they will lose childhood things like imaginary friends and innocence. This is happening with Jem and Scout throughout the novel because Scout is expected to be "ladylike" and Jem is in general drifting apart from his sister and Dill, reading more, and being alone. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261188 Emily van Melle https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261205 In both texts "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "On Turning Ten" portrays the fact of growing up. In the poem the speaker describes turning 10 almost as a sorrow. In the conclusion of stanza 3, it describes the soul as being disfiguring. The soul "disfigures" as you get older because you loose your innocence and imagination as a child; almost like your heart is hardening and growing up. These feelings are what Jem starts to experience in TKAM. "Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him..." (Lee, 153.) This is a perfect example of the feeling that the speaker in "On Turning Ten" explains. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261205 Lola Bazile https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261237 In both the poem “On Turning Ten” and the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” there is a description of childhood. “On Turning Ten” details past experiences of imaginary friends and riding bicycles. In the beginning of TKAM Dill, Scout and Jem have regular childhood expreinces “Thereafter the summer passed in routine contentment. Routine contentment was: improving our treehouse that rested between two giant twin chinaberry trees.” (9) Besides making tree houses they also play pretend. But as time goes on and they get older and learn more about life they have less time for games. Childhood innocence starts to dwindle. This can also be see in the poem as the author describes growing up. 

 
]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261237 Nina Innes https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261251 The poem "On Turning Ten", written by Billy Collins relates to the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" through the theme of growing up and losing innocence. The loss of innocence is portrayed in the poem. "It is time to say goodbye to my imaginary friends, time to turn the first big number." The speaker is expressing their feelings towards accepting their growth. In TKAM, Scout is slowly starting to act more like a lady and being treated like a lady. She is seen differently through the eyes of Dill and Jem, who ignore her and treat her in a different way now that she is growing older. "Scout, I'm telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home- I declare to the lord you're gettin' more like a girl everyday!" Pg. 69. Scout does not like the idea of growing older, similar to the speaker in the poem.]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261251 Chase Baum https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261276 In TKaM it teaches about how jem and scout are growing up and how life changes when their dad simply does his job and defends a colored man. In 'On Turning Ten" He is talking about how nothing is the same as it used to be when he was younger and how his bike is worn and imaginary friends are gone. (14) " I could make myself invisible by drinking milk a certain way. At seven I was a solider, at nine a prince. But now I am mostly at the window watching the late, afternoon light."]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261276 Allegra Grendele https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261293 The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, can be connected to the poem, Turning Ten, through the theme of growing up. Scout, Jem, and Dill use to play the role of some random characters in the beginning. Now since they got invested in the story of Boo Radley, they stopped play the characters. In the poem, "At four I was an Arabian wizard... At seven I was a soldier, at nine a prince.", just like how the main character was turning 10, he said good bye to all his fantasy. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261293 Haley Lee https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261295 In both "On Turning Ten" and To Kill a Mockingbird they show how growing up is scary, lonely, and dull . In "On Turning Ten" the poem says that the speaker's toys are losing their speed, and how he sits at the window, this portrays how growing up can be dull and sad. In to Kill a Mockingbird Jem is growing up and being a jerk to Scout , "Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with , inconsistent, moody - Its time you start acting like a girl- Don't you fret too much over Mister Jem" (p.115) This proves that growing up you can become mean and dull. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261295 Eric Borchers https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261319 With the poem "On Turning Ten" and the novel How to Kill A Mockingbird, both have a similar theme on growing up. All of the poem and TKAM show this, they both show how kids grew up and what they start to see things as. In the poem the child had a imaginary friend and he was many things in his dream, but then when he turned 10 he saw the reality of the world he is in and fe]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261319 Kensie Dobbins https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261331 The theme of growing up in the poem ¨On Turning Ten” relates to Jem and Scout’s growing in To Kill a Mockingbird. In the poem, the author describes his feelings about growing up and letting go of his “imaginary friends” in a resentful manner. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes Jem’s attitude towards growing up in a similar manner, describing how she must let go of her childish habits, “I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be”.]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261331 TJ Nicholas https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261337 2018-01-30 18:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261337 Lola Cimperman https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261346 The theme of growing up that is portrayed throughout the poem "On Turning Ten," and losing innocence and imaginaion, relates to when Jem, Scout and Dill attend Tom Robinson's hearing, because a trial for rape is nowhere for a young child to be or be exposed to. To expand, on page 194 it states, "This time Judge Taylor's gavel came down with a bang, and as it did the overhead lights went on in the courtroom. Darkness had not come, but the afternoon sun had left the windows." This can be used to symbolize the darkness of the trial and the darkness of Jem and Scout getting older and being involved in things that are dark, like the trial. It symbolizes the light leaving their lives just as it did in the poem "On Turning Ten."]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261346 Marissa Bartels https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261363 2018-01-30 18:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261363 Dustin Patterson https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261369 Both themes show growing up but in a bad way, like losing innocence but both dont express the good things about growing up. When scout grows up and has to wear a dress to school it shows that scout has to leave her childish self behind and be more mature. Also when the narrator says when all the speed and blue is being drained from the bike is like losing innocence. 

]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261369 Poornima Ramesh ramesh_poorni31 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261392 Both "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "On Turning Ten" involves the theme of growing up. In the poem, "On Turning Ten", the author describes the darkness and the loss of innocence as one grows up. Both Jem and Scout begin to grow up in this sense. Especially, Scout learns the true darkness in life and that it isn't full of imaginary games. "Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch's daddy defended n******. I denied it, but told Jem(85)." The quote signifies the fact that Scout doesn't quite understand the harsh realities of the real world. She doesn't realize how dark her world is. Both the poem and the novel describe this.]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261392 Elizabeth https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261395 Similar to how the narrator of the poem "On Turning Ten" writes of how "It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends,
time to turn the first big number," Jem begins to have less interest in the games he plays with Scout as he becomes older. For example, Jem in TKAM stops playing games about Boo Radley. The theme of growing up and losing innocence, and therefore ceasing to indulge in childlike games, is apparent in both texts.]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261395 Kayleigh https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261396 2018-01-30 18:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261396 Timmy DB https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261435 The poem "On turning ten" and the story "To kill a mockingbird" both show the growth of maturity and the progression of the character throughout the stories.

]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261435 Grace Bator https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261441 I can connect the themes of the novel to the poem because they both share the theme of growing up, but they show it in different ways. For example, in the poem Collins states that growing up is like all of the speed being drained from your bike, or that he bleeds instead of shines, while To Kill a Mockingbird is more friendly then the poem.]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261441 Paige Arace https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261444 An example of how the theme of growing up is shown in TKAM is when Scout is on Miss Maudies porch and they begin to discuss the rumors of Boo Radley and Miss Maudie  essential distinguishes the stories about him and tells Scout bout him. This connects because like the imaginary friend in the poem it's a death of a childhood story because they're faced with reality.

]]> 2018-01-30 18:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261444 Nali Adams https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261502 In "To Kill a Mockingbird" the theme of growing up is very relevant as well as in "On Turning Ten'", Scout and Jem in TKAM and the narrator in "On Turning Ten" all are less imaginative and playful. For instance in the poem Collins says, "But now I am mostly at the window
watching the late afternoon light," (stanza 3, line 17 & 18). I feel like this quote symbolizes the end of his childhood because the late afternoon sun means the day is about to end. If the day is his childhood then he thinks his childhood is coming to an end soon.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261502 Peter Fredo https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261518 In both "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "On Turning Ten" they display the innocence of growing up. They both outline how growing up can be difficult for some people. In the poem "On Turning Ten" it says, "It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends, time to turn the first big number." This shows how in the poem the narrator has to grow up. It shows this in "To Kill A Mockingbird" with Jem and Scout and their coming to age. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261518 Willow https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261524 In TKAM and "On Turning Ten" they have similar themes because the boy isnt wanting to grow up and move on and neither is scout, the maid tells scout "He's becoming a man" and that makes scout sad because she wanted Jem and her to stick together for a long time but that's not how it answered. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261524 Liu Scott https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261537 The themes between "On Turning Ten" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" are very similar in that they both show the progression of mautiry and growth. Throughout Scout's and Jem's experiences, they witness the worst of humanity and see what man is capable of. Exemplified after the trial of Tom Robinson when Jem starts to cry, the sad realization of huanity has an impact on both Jem, Scout and the narrator. The narrator, similarly, feels the despair and looming dread of the loss of innocene. However, the narrator seems to have a more despair-filed heart. I believe the narrator misses the ignorance and innocnece of a child. I heavily disagree with this idealogy. It is refusing to grow and accept the realities of life. Contrarily, Scout and Jem have been exposed to humanity's evil, but are more accepting of these facts, causing them to despair because of injustice, not for hat they have lost.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261537 Maggie Adams https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261554 The theme of growing up in the poem "On Turning Ten" is people don't want to grow up because life gets harder. Scout doesn't want Jem to grow up because he has become more mean and careless "Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody." Jem went off to play on his own without Scout. That made her lonely. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261554 Graham https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261558 Both "TKAM" and "On Turning Ten" share the theme of growing up. With the kids in TKAM, by the end of the book, they all lose their sense of innocents and have gained a more complex understanding of the world. The death of the old Scout and Jem are similar to the character in "On turning Ten" because of that death of innocents. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261558 Sydney Walker https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261568 The poem "On Turning Ten" and the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" share common themes of the coming of age. The poem expresses that growing up is hard when innocence is lost. The novel expresses that growing up is complex and innocence is hard to hold on to. Scout reckons, "Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus: “Reckon he’s got a tapeworm?” Atticus said no, Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible," (Lee, 115). This evaluation portrays that Jem's innocence is lost and he becomes a complicated individual to live with. Although this does not bother him like it does the character in the poem, both stories do illustrate loss of innocence and coming of age. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261568 yOsiEf dESta https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261569 The poem "On Turning Ten" connects to the characters Jem and Scout in the novel "To Kill a Mocking Bird" because the poem relates to the realization of growing up and losing innocence. "On Turning Ten" has a dark and sad outlook on growing older as in the poem, it describes his bike with "...all the dark blue speed drained out of it." This quote displays the somber mood of the poem. And in TKAM, as Jem and Scout grow older, they stop playing together and start to take on more mature tasks.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261569 Kinsey https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261578 The poem "On Turning Ten" and the novel have a similar theme on growing up because as it says in the poem, "Back then it never felt so solemnly" this quote from "On Turning Ten" proves how growing up can be hard and sad, and that's how it kind of is for Jem in the novel. He is in bad moods more often and rarely wants to play with Scout because of her childish and immature ideas. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261578 Jackson Helwig https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261581 The theme that I have found that connects growing up and Scout and Jem growing up is that they both will have dark and or sad times. I think this because the poem is very dark and disappointing. And in the book there are good times and they're bad times. For example in the poem "But now I am mostly at the window watching the late afternoon light."]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261581 Devon Hogan https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261593 The themes of "On Turning Ten" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" can be tied together because Jem, Scout and Dill are being exposed to very adult things at a young age. It's an example of their innocence being taken away from them because of the harsh reality of adult hood they are experiencing. Like in the poem the author explains how growing up can change the ways children see their lives. "This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself, as I walk through the universe in my sneakers. It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends, time to turn the first big number" (Line 25). Here is the author explaining that growing up and realizing that life is changing is not an easy thing. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261593 Myra Goss https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261596 After reading the poem,  the connections I found to Jem and Scout and the person who wrote the poem is how sad and bored they get of what they used to do/play. "And my bicycle never leaned against the garage as it does today, all the dark blue speed drained out of it," This quote from the poem also reminded me of Jem and Scout.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261596 Sterling G https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261622 The theme of losing innocence in the poem "On Turning Ten" is similar to how Scout begins to slowly see the darkness in the world. In the poem the author says, "It seems only yesterday I used to believe/that there was nothing nuder my skin but light." This is similar to how Scout starts to learn and grow about the reality of the life around her and herself.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261622 Will https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261624 One connection between the theme of growing up and jem and scouts growing in the novel is they all grow up and start to lose their childish ways and start to mature and grow up. They also view growing up differently. the author of the poem had kind of a negative view on growing up because they say it feels like they ¨are coming down with something.¨ In TKAM scout doesn´t seem to mind growing up. Personally when I was 10, I couldn´t wait to grow up. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261624 Elly Asbury https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261626 One connection between Scout and Jem and the poem is that they both stopped playing with toys and games that they used to play when they were younger. In the poem it says that “ and my bicycle never leaned against the garage as it does today”(line 21,22) in To Kill a Mockingbird Jem stops playing games with Scout and is too big to play in the tree house. 

]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261626 Alicia Winkenbach https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261631 The book To Kill a Mockingbird and  the poem On Turning 10 share a common theme of the loss of innocence and growing up. This theme is demonstrated throughout On Turning 10, one example being then the narrator writes, "This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself/as I walk through the universe in my sneakers./ It is time to say goodbye to my imaginary friends," (line 24-26). This shows him letting go of his childhood, of his innocence. It is similar to To Kill a Mockingbird because Jem and Scout are almost forced to grow up faster when Atticus takes Tom Robinson's case.

]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261631 Forrest Bishop https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261665 The poem and TKAM have similarities, but are also very different. In the poem, the author has a very negative outlook on growing up. In the poem the author wrote "Something worse than any stomach ache..." This shows how poorly the author of the poem views growing up. Scout in TKAM doesn't have as negative of a view of growing up in the story. She is more happy.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261665 Abbi Eary https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261687 Both pieces have a common theme of growing up and becoming vulnerable to the world around you. In the poem “On Turning Ten” the subject grows up and becomes more vulnerable to the world around them. For example, the author states, “But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. I bleed” (stanza 5, Collins). This quote proves that subject becomes more vulnerable when he becomes aware of the dangers of reality. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout are forced to grow up because of their fathers case. They became vulnerable after having to listen to people call atticus racial slurs. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261687 Sequoia https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261721 A connection between TKAM and the poem is that Scout must start school which brings her new expiriences and is not really something she wants to do. The theme of the poem shows that the speaker doesn't really want to grow up.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261721 Samuel Feller https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261803 The boy in the poem is most easily related to Jem in TKAM. As Jem grows and matures throughout the book, he begins to lose interest in childish things, like the Radley house. He begins to have similar interests to Atticus, spending more time in books. He feels that he needs to be more mature than his younger sibling, Scout, because of his age. This is exactly how the boy in the poem feels. He thinks that he has to be mature because he is older, he thinks he cannot have any more toys or games because he needs to be more mature.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261803 Albert https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261828 scout is going through some of same things that this man is going through. She is losing innocence through the experiences she has and is starting to see the world for what it is. "but now when i fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. I bleed" shows that by showing how he goes from this innocence of light to the darkness ofblood]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261828 Olivia Steer https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261861 In the poem "On Turning Ten" the reader sees the dark viewpoint from the author on growing up and turning ten. In the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" Scout recognizes the maturity Jem is beginning to have and feels as though he is loosing his innocence of childhood and becoming more of a leader of Scout. "Overnight, it seemed, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me...'It's time you started bein' a girl and acting right!'"(Lee 115). The author of the poem feels as though he is loosing innocence and everything from childhood. Scout feels similar when Jem begins to show how he is growing up and becoming less interested in Scouts child like activities.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261861 Vevey https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261870 In TKAM, the kids think that atticus is the perfect person and nothing is wrong. They hear rumors later about atticus and start doubting him. In the poem, the text says "It seems only yesterday I used to believe" They beleived it one day and the next day people are calling atticus names for what his job tells him to.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261870 Micah Weber https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261880 I see a connection between the poem and TKAM with the thoughts of the author  and Jems behavior after the beginning of the book.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261880 TJ Nicholas https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261928 A connection to TKAM would be how Scout gets angry and beats up Francis in chapter 9 on page 84. This shows how the older you get your mood can change and can get people hurt.]]> 2018-01-30 18:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226261928 Croft https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262042 The theme of growing up, and loss of innocence, is very present in both the poem and the book To Kill a Mockingbird. The narrator in the poem  knows that when he is older he will no longer have the same freedom to imagine and behave as he likes, just like how, as Scout, Jem, and Dill get older, they understand more, and are told to behave more maturely. For example, in TKAM, Scout thinks, "Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be. " In this scene Atticus is basically gently telling Scout to grow up and leave fighting in her childhood, just like the narrator has to leave his imaginary friends in his childhood. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262042 Jackson L. https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262237 It is a good poem]]> 2018-01-30 18:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262237 Kayleigh Vu https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262436 In the poem "On Turning Ten,"  the narrator is sullen and turning ten for him is bad. He loses his childhood and happiness of it now. In stanza 4 it states, "It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends, time to turn the first big number."  The connection to TKAM is that Scout and Jem lose part of their imagination and playfulness when they grow up. Scout is supposed to grow up and become a lady, but she still likes to keep her innocence and fun while Jem starts to behave as a gentleman. In chapter ten of TKAM, "Don't you fret too much over Mister Jem--' she began." Jem turns 12 and begins his maturing state and his actions turn from playfulness to seriousness.]]> 2018-01-30 18:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262436 Charly https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262524 A connection that I found between On Turning Ten and Jem and Scout growing up was that they both go through something that changes them in a way. In TKAM when Jem wacthes Atticus shoot the dog. Or in On Turning Ten how the narrator was turning ten.

]]> 2018-01-30 18:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262524 Annika Kassenbrock https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262664 The poem and book both have the theme of growing up. In the poem the writer is realizing he has to let go of all of his childish behaviors. For example " It is time to say good bye to my imaginary friends, time to turn the first big number". He is changing his habits because he is growing older. Similiar to TKAM because Gem, Scout, and Dill never even thought about going near Boo Radleys house. Now that they have grown older they have become more curious and brave. In both of these pieces of text they are growing up and dropping their old habits.  ]]> 2018-01-30 18:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262664 Alex Ortiz https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262728 The theme of the poem “On Turning Ten” and the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” both are the same since it displays how growing up has an effect on you, whether it from a perspective change or the way you act. You can see this when the narrator in “On Turning Ten” say’s “It seems only yesterday I used to believe there was nothing under my skin but light. If you cut me I could shine. But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. I bleed” [28-32]. This is showing how they had changed their perspective, from them being young and happy and having an imagination, to now understanding what would happen. You can also see this when Jem says to Scout to start acting like a girl. He is being moody from puberty and doesn’t want to deal with Scout being childish]]> 2018-01-30 18:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262728 Ashley Reichenberg https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262891 The poem "On Turning Ten" and the novel have a common theme of growing up and losing innocence. This is clearly shown when Scout and Jem witness racial injustice against Tom Robinson. This shows Scout and Jem the harsh reality of the world they live in. It shows that life isn't fair and that not everybody is considered equal.]]> 2018-01-30 18:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262891 Weston Deaton https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262998 2018-01-30 18:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226262998 Weston https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226263572 I can connect the theme of, "on turning ten" to TKAM quite easily through Jem and Scout. I notice that Jem being a little older than scout he doesn't like to put up with her foolish ideas and actions soemtimes. Just like in the story when the narrator gives up slowley on child hood upon turning ten. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226263572 Dylan Blaha https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226263757 The poem and TKAM are very similar. They are similar because they both are revolving around childhood and the way that as you grow older and you become more mature and your childhood and imagination diminishes. I know this because in TKAM Scout is made to become more ladylike and she really doesn't want to. In the poem he sees his bike and is not drawn to it like he used to be. This is true because he says he could see the "dark blue drain out of it".]]> 2018-01-30 18:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226263757 Jaelyn M. https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226263911 To KIll a Mockingbird and "On Turning Ten" have a common theme of growing up. This is shown when Jem and the little boy start to grow up and start to loose their childish selves. For example in the poem it says "It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends." And in TKAM Jem sees Tom Robinson on trial for rape and the jury says he is guilty mainly because of the color of his skin, and Jem realizes that when you grow up life isn't fair and everyone is treated differently.]]> 2018-01-30 18:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226263911 Milo https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226264303 2018-01-30 18:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226264303 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226265807 2018-01-30 18:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226265807 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226265959 2018-01-30 18:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226265959 Milo https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226266767 Both the poem and the book are sad and show how growing up can be sad ]]> 2018-01-30 18:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226266767 Liam Chisholm https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226266943 “On Turning Ten” and TKAM are similar because they both share the same theme of getting older as life goes on, and how the more you grow up, you start realizing how life is going to go and lose your Childhood innocence, and this both affect the characters in TKAM and the main character in “On Turning Ten”. This is shown when the main character of “On Turning Ten” says, “Back then, it never felt so solemnly against the side of my treehouse...”(Collins 3). This shows how the kid is losing his childhood, and how it’s affecting him, one way or another.]]> 2018-01-30 18:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226266943 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226272513 The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute

]]> 2018-01-30 19:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226272513 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226273789 2018-01-30 19:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226273789 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226273907 2018-01-30 19:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226273907 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226273956 2018-01-30 19:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226273956 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226274072 2018-01-30 19:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226274072 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/226275917 Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold



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]]> 2021-03-09 14:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/1287911854 poggggerz https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/1345550823 2021-03-23 23:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/1345550823 https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/2813024019 2023-12-04 15:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wood_kaelyn/vnn20kfxi4ue/wish/2813024019