Typescript Form for Miscue Analysis

Book Title: Looking Like Me Author: Walter Dean Myers

1. I looked in the mirror and what did I see? 1.______

2. A real handsome dude looking just like me. 2.______

3. He put out his fist. 3.______

4. I gave it a bam! 4.______

5. He said, “Jeremy!” 5.______

6. I said, “That’s who I am.” 6.______

7. Along came my sister, fine as she can be. 7.______

8. “Hey, Jeremy,” she said, “You’re little brother to me.” 8.______

9. She put out her fist. 9.______10. I gave it a bam! 10.______

11. Jeremy and brother, that’s who I am. 11.______

12. Along came my father. 12.______

13. He said, “Having fun? 13.______

14. Because if you are, you need to add son.” 14.______

15. He put out his fist. 15.______

16. I gave it a bam! 16.______

17. I’m Jeremy, brother, and my father’s son. 17.______

18. I got a strange feeling I wasn’t half done! 18.______

19.______19. “Aren’t you a writer?” asked my teacher, Miss Kay. 20. “I saw you writing in your book today.” 20.______

21. “I’m a writer, spinning dramas that dance across the stage, a poet weaving mysteries that live upon the page.” 21.______

22. Miss Kay put out her fist. 22.______

23. I gave it a bam! 23.______

24. Say Jeremy, say brother, say son, say writer, that’s who I am. 24.______

25. I’m walking tall and I’m walking proud. 25.______

26. Looked in the mirror – I look like a crowd. 26.______

27. “You’re a city child.” 27.______

28. My skinny mailman grinned. 28.______

29. “And I see you’re really loving the city that you’re in.” 29.______30. “I’m a city child. 30.______

31. I love the dizzy heights, the concrete, the steel, the bright neon 31.______lights.”

32. The mailman lifted his fist. 32.______

33. I gave it a bam! 33.______

34. It is kind of amazing all the people I am. 34.______

35. “You’re an artist,” said my grandma. 35.______

36. “Your pictures make me smile. 36.______

37. I love your funny portraits, and your scenes have so much style!” 37.______

38. Grandma’s rings and bangles gave such a noisy bam! 38.______

39. They were really celebrating the kind of guy I am. 39.______40. “I know that you’re a dancer,” said a sweet girl whirling by. 40.______

41. “You move your feet to a salsa beat with a twinkle in your eye.” 41.______

42. She put out her fist. 42.______

43. I gave it a bam! 43.______

44. I added dancer to the answer of just who I am! 44.______

45. I know that I’m a talker with many tales to tell. 45.______

46. Jokes and news and secrets – I hope I tell them well. 46.______

47. My words are sometimes hurried; at times they come out slow. 47.______

48. At times they fly like snowflakes with everywhere to go. 48.______

49. Sometimes I let my words go free, like marbles off a shelf. 49.______

50. Sometimes I give myself a bam and keep them to myself. 50.______51. I saw Karen running, so I ran, too. 51.______

52. She said, “Hey, Jeremy. 52.______

53. What’s up with you?” 53.______

54. I said, “I’m a runner. 54.______

55. I just love to race with the spinning Earth beneath me, the wind blowing in my face.” 55.______

56. I gave it a bam! 56.______

57. When she put out her fist. 57.______

58. Then I added runner to my “I am” list. 58.______

59. My mom calls me a dreamer. 59.______

60. A silver-rayed moonbeamer, spreading fantasies across the Harlem sky. 60.______61. I dream of secret places, plaid clouds and hidden faces, black 61.______knights and maids who swoon and sigh.

62. My mom put out her fist. 62.______

63. I gave it a gentle bam, because that’s the kind of dreamer that I am. 63.______

64. Why don’t you find a mirror and some friends along the way? 64.______

65. Think of all the things you do and all the things you say. 65.______

66. Make a long list if you want to – have yourself an “I am” jam. 66.______

67. Then give yourself a great big smile and your fist a great big bam! 67.______