On this day in 1858, the patent for a pencil with an attached eraser was issued. Taking your pencil’s point of view, what do you
think a typical day as your pencil would be like? The is a first person narrative so you should be using pronouns like I, me, my, etc. Please write 7 sentences.
I woke up in my body, I realized that a gummy pink substance has been plastered onto me. I asked myself what this might be used for and how it got here. I was lifted by a set of sticky fingers. I heard a girl scream “I found my pencil”. I was flipped upside down and rubbed against a piece of paper. The words began to disappear and the girl smiled. I realized that my duty from now on would be much more than writing down love stories and letters, now I could fix the mistakes of whoever got ahold of me.
The main theme of Edward Hirsch’s poem “Fast Break” is<u> the importance of teamwork</u>. Hirsch relates this theme to the reader through a colorful description of a fast break play in a basketball game.
