{"id":6389,"date":"2011-05-26T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=6389"},"modified":"2017-06-20T15:10:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T19:10:50","slug":"rulesnewcar-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/rulesnewcar-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rules of the New Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Listen to Wes McNair Reading the Poem<\/strong>\t<audio id=\"wp_mep_1\"      controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\"  >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<source src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2010\/03\/The-rules-of-the-new-car-edited-mp3.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/audio>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\r\n\t$('#wp_mep_1').mediaelementplayer({\r\n\t\tm:1\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen']\r\n\t\t,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/td>\n<td><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The Rules of the New Car<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Exploration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">After I got married and became<br \/>\nthe stepfather of two children, just before<br \/>\nwe had two more, I bought it, the bright<br \/>\nblue sorrowful car that slowly turned<br \/>\nto scratches and the flat black spots<br \/>\nof gum in the seats and stains impossible<br \/>\nto remove from the floor mats. \u201cNever again.\u201d<br \/>\nI said as our kids, four of them by now,<br \/>\nclimbed into the new car. \u201cThis time,<br \/>\nthere will be rules.\u201d The first to go<br \/>\nwas the rule I made for myself about<br \/>\ncleaning it once a week, though why,<br \/>\nI shouted at the kids in the rearview mirror,<br \/>\nshould I have to clean it if they would just<br \/>\nremember to fold their hands. Three years<br \/>\nlater, it was the same car I had before,<br \/>\nexcept for the dent my wife put in the grille<br \/>\nwhen, ignoring the regulation about snacks,<br \/>\nshe reached for a bag of chips on her way<br \/>\nhome from work and hit a tow truck. Oh,<br \/>\nthe ache I felt for the broken rules,<br \/>\nand the beautiful car that had been lost,<br \/>\nand the car that we now had, on soft<br \/>\nshocks in the driveway, still unpaid for.<br \/>\nThen one day, for no particular reason except<br \/>\nthat the car was loaded down with wood<br \/>\nfor the fireplace at my in-laws\u2019 camp<br \/>\nand groceries and sheets and clothes<br \/>\nfor the week, my wife in the passenger seat,<br \/>\nthe dog lightly panting beside the kids in the back,<br \/>\nall innocent anticipation, waiting for me<br \/>\nto join them, I opened the door to my life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp1-863x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12405\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp1-863x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp1-863x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp1-863x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp1-863x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr1-863x1024-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12406\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr1-863x1024-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr1-863x1024-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr1-863x1024-2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr1-863x1024-2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Transitions and Structure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Notebook Page 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp2-870x1024-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12407\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp2-870x1024-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp2-870x1024-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp2-870x1024-2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp2-870x1024-2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Transcript 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr2-870x1024-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12408\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr2-870x1024-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr2-870x1024-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr2-870x1024-2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr2-870x1024-2-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Endings and Line Breaks<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Notebook Page 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp3-867x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12409\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp3-867x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp3-867x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp3-867x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-nbp3-867x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border: 1px solid #000000;\"><strong>Transcript 3<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr3-867x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12410\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr3-867x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr3-867x1024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr3-867x1024-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/rulesnewcar-ovr3-867x1024-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6389\" data-postid=\"6389\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6389 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image and audio objects for teaching the poem &#8220;The Rules of the New Car&#8221; 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