Candy, as eight-year-old Bindi named her newly acquired companion, was a rat. "I got him two weeks after my dad died . . . He he
lps me feel lots better!" . . . A sense of security is critical for any grieving child, and Bindi, naturally, had found it in an animal -- one who'd sit on her shoulder as she'd rollerblade and on her lap during interviews. As she prepared to take on life without Dad, a small friend provided big comfort. —Steve and Bindi Irwin,
Amy Breguet
How might a sixth-grader connect this text to his or her own life?
A sixth-grader can appreciate that a pet can be a great comfort to a kid who is sad.
A sixth-grader knows what it is like to have a career.
A sixth-grader understands how to train rats.
A sixth-grader knows a lot about nature and animal habitats.
I know im late but if anyone needs the the answer (for the road not taken) its
Sample Response: The theme of this poem is that we can only walk on one path; we cannot take both. We see this because the speaker says he doubted he would ever come back. This shows that one decision takes us away from the others we might have chosen.
