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KILMER)
(pg 51)
4. She encouraged Richard to share his poem
with his class. (pg 52)
“Trees
and other kind/caring 1. He wrote poems about living things. (pg 26)
poems”
encouraging 1. He wrote to Richard and empathised with him.
He encouraged Richard to be brave and to
overcome his fears. He asked Richard to share
his poems with those he knew. (pg 44)
2. He asked Richard to write to him again and
send him one of his poems. (pg 44)
3. Mr Kilmer signed his letter to Richard as ‘Your
fellow poet’. This shows he acknowledged
Richard’s ability to write poetry and could
identify with him. (pg 44)
4. Mr Kilmer told Richard his poems were very
fine and impressive. He encouraged him to
continue writing as he might become a
published verse maker in future. (pg 59)
5. He claimed he enjoyed reading Richard’s
poems and letters. (pg 67)
CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISTICS (DEAR MR. KILMER)
patriotic 1. She did not stop her brother from joining the
American Expeditionary Forces as her brother
was patriotic and he claimed it was the right
thing to do. (pg 54)
9. Blanche - dark haired mean/unkind 1. She declared that Germans were barbarians
Freebold who had to be stopped or they would take
over the world and they cut people in two.
(pg 24)
2. She heard that Schermers spoke in German
and thought they might be plotting something
and did not want their neighbours to know.
(pg 24)
10. All of the rude/mean 1. They ganged up against Hannah and her
troublemakers family and warned the other students not to
- Richard’s sign the card that Mrs Hansen had prepared
classmates to express their regret. (pg 30 – 33)
2. All boys feared that Abner and Harry would
beat them up while the girls were worried that
Peggy and Blanche would not speak to them.
So, in the end, no one signed the card except
for Richard. (pg 32)
(pg 30)
4. Harry Carver added that Hannah would not
help them with their maths. (pg 31)
5. Abner gave a threatening expression to
Herbie as he was going to sign the card while
Harry stared at him. It stopped Herbie from
doing so. (pg 31)
6. Peggy told Millie not to sign the card. Millie
obeyed as she dared not defy the popular girl.
(pg 32)
11. Peggy snobbish 1. She felt Millie was too mousy and bad-looking
to play the role of Lady Liberty. (pg 72 – 73)