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JANE CLARKE
Jane Clarke (1954–) is from England. She writes books and poetry for children.
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Finding a Friend Vu
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I could not speak your language I did not know your rules. Everything felt foreign to an alien at school.
Those days are long gone now, though I thought they’d never end. Now I have no problems speaking English, making friends. Dark and haunting memories of loneliness and fear, frustration and confusion have begun to disappear. But one thing I’ll remember, one thing will stay the same. the moment that you smiled at me and called me by my name.
rules regler foreign fremmed, annerledes alien fremmed long gone borte for lengst thought (think) trodde they’d = they would making friends få venner haunting noe som forfølger en loneliness ensomhet fear frykt confusion uro, forvirring have begun (begin) har begynt
STARTING POINT
Make an acrostic poem for FRIEND. An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. Here is one for SCHOOL. Schedule Classes Homework Organization Opportunity Learning
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