Echoing Green/Go Outside and Play Flashcard

Front

What does the author of "Go Outside and Play" describe as the major obstacle to kids today playing outside?

Back

Many areas are off limits or unsafe for kids to play.

Front

What is the author of "Go Outside and Play" trying to persuade the reader to do?

Back

to be more physically active outdoors

Front

Joshua C. would most likely agree with which of the statements below? Kids already spend too much time outside., Kids should have time for both organized and unorganized activities outside., Kids today play too many of their sports games online., Kids today should only participate in organized activities due to the safety risks of playing outside.

Back

Kids should have time for both organized and unorganized activities outside.

Front

Which definition is closest to the meaning of recapture as used in the section "The Great Outdoors" of "Go Outside and Play"?

Back

to go back to or live again

Front

What is the author of "Go Outside and Play" mainly arguing in this passage?

Back

Playing outside is beneficial for your body and mind, and there are many ways to enjoy the outdoors.

Front

In the poem, "The Echoing Green", what arises at the beginning of the poem and descends at the end? Options: the sun, a bell, a bird, an oak tree

Back

the sun

Front

What is the setting of the poem "The Echoing Green"?

Back

the echoing Green

Front

What can you infer from the 2nd stanza of "The Echoing Green" about Old John? Old John, with white hair, does laugh away care, sitting under the oak, among the old folk. They laugh at our play, and soon they all say, "Such, such were the joys when we all--girls and boys--in our youth-time were seen on the echoing Green."

Back

Old John used to play on the echoing Green.

Front

Who or what are "the little ones" in line 21 of "The Echoing Green"?

Back

boys and girls

Front

What is the theme of "The Echoing Green"? Options: the power of dreams, the importance of hard work, the joy of playing outdoors, the disappointments of old age

Back

the joy of playing outdoors