Poetry: Unit 1 Week 4

Poetry: Unit 1 Week 4

Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

peering:

I'm smoothing out this map,

rolling it into a tube,

peering through one end,

wishing it were a telescope,

• looking

• climbing

• jumping

Multiple Choice

via:

Magellan moved via stars

Steered his ship by celestial rays.

• after

• through

• behind

Multiple Choice

traversed:

They traversed their dreams, set their course,

Voyaging over oceans and seas.

• moved across

• lived in

• returned to

Multiple Choice

girth:

These lines that slide from pole to pole

Wrapping around the watery girth

• length

• distance around

• height

Multiple Choice

intersecting:

Maps are more

than tiny lines

intersecting

lace designs...

• straight

• crossing

• opposite

Word Study: Finding the Base Word

-able, -ible suffixes mean 'can be done'

Multiple Choice

reversible means can be...

• ever

• verse

• reverse

Multiple Choice

noticeable means can be...

• no

• not

• notice

Multiple Choice

forcible means can be...

• for

• fore

• force

Multiple Choice

adaptable means can be...

• ad

• adapt

• able

Multiple Choice

accessible means can be...

• access

• session

• success

Understanding Poetry

Multiple Select

Poems are different than other types of writing.

Poems have...

• lines, not sentences

• stanzas, not paragraphs

• different spacing like using commas to pause while reading

• use figurative language like similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia

• a speaker, not a narrator