1. Throwing papers along the streets 2. While debris covered the park
3. With broken glass in the alley
4. Beside old trucks and cars
5. No one lives there
6. For lights on every corner
7. If the expense is too great
8. As he walked home
9. Dragged up the subway steps
10. Thousands of people walk every day
11. Racing against the traffic signal
12. Unless it rains
13. When a helicopter hovers overhead
14. Who play basketball in the empty lot
15. That lives in town

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.