What I Can Do
Directions: Read the story and make connections using text-to-self as you fill in the chart below.
The Telephone
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by Edward Field
My happiness depends on an electric appliance
And I do not mind giving it so much credit
I With lite in this city being what it is
Each person separated from friends
i By a tangle of subways and buses
Yes my telephone is my joy
Il tells me that I am in the world and wanted
I It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip
go comb my hair which begins to sparkle!
I Without it was like a bear in a cave
Drowsing through a shadowy winter
i Il rings and spring has come
1 stretch and amble out into the sunshine i
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Hungry again as I pick up the receiver
For the human voice and the good news of
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friends.
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! "Telephone" by Edward Field, from Courtingi
Myself Lucky. Black Sparrow Prass, 1992.
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Discuss what is happening in the story
in my life
What does it remind me of my life?
How is it similar to my life?
How is it different to my life?