Eleven

The narrator of “Eleven” says that when you are eleven, “you’re also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one.” How did you feel on your last birthday? Did you feel your age or did you feel younger or older? Did you wish you were a different age? Write a short paragraph about your last birthday. Describe your feelings about becoming a year older.