Geraldine Moore the poet
A painful discovery
Mrs.Stcott realize not everyone is rich and lucky like her.
Theme
No one's life is the same. People are rich, poor, happy, depressed, loved, and alone
Reason to be upset
Doesn't have her mom at home and things are rough
"Nothing lovey is happing in my life"
Geraldine said this... because her assignment was to write a poem and she thought that poems are supposed to be happy but her quote explained
internal conflict
Geraldine struggles to still have hope and to stay herself
Problems at home
Geraldine's mother is seriously ill and needed to move away, she is being Evicted and her mom's sister is taking care of her.
Problems during class hygiene
How she will make it through tomorrow
Her poem
She was dismissive about the assignment she felt she could not write a poem
Mrs. Scott reaction
Shoulders shake and starts to cry
What teachers forget
To bond with their students and connect with them.
Problems during class Geometry
What squares and angles have to do with solving her more serious problem