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Poetize Your Life

Layout, structure, and poetic language, all contribute to demonstrating a larger underlying feeling in each one of the poems in Long Way Down. For example, when Shawn is killed, Will writes he feels like he is swallowed by an earthquake and the words split on the page with the effect of an earthquake breaking open the page. Choose one of the poems in Long Way Down and use the main technique you see to write a poem about an experience in your life that would also be well suited to be described by that technique.

Make a Mix List for Will from Shawn

In Chapter One, we learn from Will that Shawn's favorite artists are Tupac and Biggie. Make a song playlist for Will from Shawn that an older brother would give to his younger brother to learn the music his older brother enjoys. Include...

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