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Statement From The Author About This Guide

I hope this story will capture the imagination of readers as a "good read". I also feel that it can be used by teachers and others on several levels:

(1) to encourage and model journal-keeping
(2) to inspire poetry appreciation
(3) to increase knowledge and confidence about the writing process.

In this study guide immediately following I provide some general suggestions for the use of this book in all 3 areas. I also provide specific suggestions in these 3 areas (as well as in the area of critical thinking), corresponding to particular sections of the novel.
In some sections, I have highlighted in bold several useful teaching techniques which can be applied broadly: student poetry analysis; the writing process; revision tools.
Students can respond to questions and assignments in a notebook specifically for the reading of For YOUR Eyes Only! and/or respond to the more self-reflective items in their personal journals.
Please don't attempt to do all, or even most of the material presented!