{"id":6435,"date":"2011-05-26T13:06:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2017-06-21T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T13:14:45","slug":"mytown-tcluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/mytown-tcluster\/","title":{"rendered":"My Town"},"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\/My-Town-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>My Town<\/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;\">Where it belongs on the state<br \/>\ntourist map, well above the red lobster<br \/>\non the coast and in between the man<br \/>\nskiing down the slope and the shining dome<br \/>\nof the capitol building, you\u2019ll find nothing<br \/>\nexcept a moose standing in the grass.<br \/>\nBut who would come to this placeto see the three-foot long spotted<br \/>\nyellow butterflies faithfully displayed<br \/>\non the side of LaFlamme\u2019s house, or gather<br \/>\nwith the others in the Grange Hall to hear<br \/>\nEthel Chadwick recite with a lisp<br \/>\nand the dazed, oddly beautiful look<br \/>\nin her eye \u201cThe Cremation of Sam McGee\u201d<\/p>\n<p>in its entirety on Old Home Day?<br \/>\nAnyway, what (as people from the city<br \/>\nmight say after straying off Route 2<br \/>\nto find our few houses thrown downhill<br \/>\namong the trees) do they do here<br \/>\nfor work? Nothing important, as you might<br \/>\nguess from how early in the morning<\/p>\n<p>they start up the hill to do it, driving<br \/>\nto the shoe shop two towns over,<br \/>\nor the paper mill, or just down the road<br \/>\nto the store, where Betty De Carlo stands all<br \/>\nday at the counter asking the same question:<br \/>\n\u201cCan I help you?\u201d I\u2019m the one waiting<br \/>\nin line behind the couple with the skis<\/p>\n<p>on their minivan who don\u2019t even notice her alert,<br \/>\ngenuine eyes, on their way through Eyeblink,<br \/>\nMaine, so someplace they\u2019ve never heard of,<br \/>\nand I\u2019m the one lying awake listening<br \/>\nto the cars struggling up our hill in the darkness<br \/>\nof 5 A.M. to start their long day,<br \/>\nand at twilight sitting down in the old parlor<\/p>\n<p>with the Redlevskis, that\u2019s me, with a bag<br \/>\nof rhubarb I\u2019ve just picked from my garden<br \/>\nfor the two of them. On the television<br \/>\nin the corner a frowning man, on mute,<br \/>\nmimes all the news of concern to the nation.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, they are talking about how good<br \/>\nit is to eat fresh sticks of rhubarb raw, a concern<\/p>\n<p>so small you wouldn\u2019t care much about it<br \/>\nunless you could be there to see the face<br \/>\nshe makes for the taste, a mixture of sorrow<br \/>\nand pleasure that seems to have her whole life<br \/>\nin it, and to hear, in the lamplight, the intimate<br \/>\ntwang of their voices telling me this news<br \/>\nat evening in my town, as I\u2019m telling it<\/p>\n<p>to you now, in this only other place I know<br \/>\nwhere unexpected things can happen, off the map.<\/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\/mytown-nbp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12488\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp1-115x115.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\/mytown-ovr1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12491\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr1-115x115.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\/mytown-nbp2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12489\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp2-115x115.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\/mytown-ovr2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12492\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr2-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr2-115x115.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\/mytown-nbp3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12490\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-nbp3-115x115.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\/mytown-ovr3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12493\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copycscmcnair\/files\/2011\/05\/mytown-ovr3-115x115.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-6435\" data-postid=\"6435\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6435 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;My Town&#8221; 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