First Paragraph In Clover

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Clover is a book about a teacher, Graham. Graham interacts with each of his students and forms a close friendship with each of them. The author of Clover designates his unique characteristics throughout the story from what he tells his students and what the other teachers think about him. The author also tells us what he is like at home, and how he students react to his story. Graham’s interaction with his students is different from most teachers would have with their students. Graham acts like a close friend with his students. He lets them get out of class early for their soccer games, or swim meets. He tells them what has been happing in his life. He also listens to how their weekend went like a friend would. The first paragraph in Clover states, “Monday morning circle in which each student shared the best moment of her weekend with the rest of the class.”. Each student has to tell the rest of the class something good that has happened to him or her over the weekend. All of Graham’s students …show more content…

By what he tells his students and what other teachers think about him. Form this information the author has given. Graham is a very carefree guy, he is adventuress, and goes with the flow. In paragraph six, “There were teachers who complained incessantly about the lack of classroom time, about the visits away of the day, about the bathroom visits and early dismissals for swim and soccer games. Also in paragraph six, “plumbing issues and the crumbling chimney...early in his teaching career.” The author of Clover tells us what he is like at home. Graham tells his students about his weekend, which he spends in his house. Graham is a hard-working person at his house. In paragraph ten and twelve, “‘well,” Graham said, “I’ve finally taken the mirror down.” And “‘Anyway,” Graham said. “I realized late last night that it would have to wait until another

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