EXAMPLES:

Conventional- normal, ordinary, common-ordinary rather than different or original.

Predatory-robbery, selfish, stealing-taking things from others.

Alcove-cubby, corner, cell- any recessed area or space.

Menace-caution, danger, threat-a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful

Impasse-dead end, blocked, jam-a position or situation from which there is no escape

CONECTIONS:

In the story dirk is called a street kid and my dad calls me a hoodlum and ghetto  punk well I believe that I would feel how he feels I spend all my time out on the streets the streets is where I spend most of my time I walk around with friends.

In the story dirk started selling newspapers to make money well when I was ten years old I had my own paper route and I was a paper boy selling news papers like dirk.

In the story a man bowls a perfect game a 300 game well this remind me of my uncle because he loves bowling and he has bowled 6 300 games.

In the story dirk had devolved a policy flee or die well one night me and six of my friend went outside and went ding dong ditching well we were about to do a house at 3;30 am and a cop pulled up and I decide to run as fast as I could or get caught this is like him running from those gangs.

When the alley dog ate the burger he got  it disappeared down his throat as if a hole had opened into the universe well when I was really Hungary I demolished a burger and it disappeared down my throat.

QUESTIONS:

What was under the fire escape? When he was coming down the stairs something was growling at him.

Why were the gangs attacking him? When there are tons of people in the city

Why does the author name the street dog dirk?

Why did dirk the dog stay at the farm that the kid was at?

 Why did the kid let his dog stay at the farm?

INTRESTING/IMPORTANT SENTENCES OR PASSAGES:

It is important that the kid had found dirk and dirk was able to help the kid.

Dirk is a interesting name for a dog it shows detail about the dog.

It is important that the kid was able to take in dirk or dirk might have died.

An important part of the story is that his parents are alcoholics and do not care about the kid.

It is important that the guy in the bowling alley won a 300 game because the kid was able to get a body guard that would protect him from the gangs the body guard is dirk the dog.