Sparks

Sparks

Intervention Cycle 3

Multiple Choice

How do lines 4-5 affect the poem?

Once sparks that lit up question marks

Ideas in human heads...

• The language creates a metaphor for better understanding

• The figurative language shows imagination

• The hyperbole explains the intended meaning

• The lanugage helps the reader understand question marks

Multiple Choice

What is similar about the ideas in line 9?

• They are all places located in the United States

• They are all cities in the United States

• They are all countries around the world

• They are all places located around the world

Open Ended

What is a rhyme scheme?

Multiple Choice

Analyze the rhyme scheme and determine how it impacts the poem.

• The second and fourth line in each stanza rhyme; the rhythm helps the reader move through the poem with better understanding

• The first and third line in each stanza rhyme; the rhythm helps the reader remember what has been read

• The first and fourth line in each stanza rhyme; the rhyme scheme helps the reader understand the poem better

• The second and third line in each stanza rhyme; the rhythm makes reading the poem easier, so the reader remembers more

Poll

What is an analogy?

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification

• an exaggeration for dramatic effect

Analogies

Compare two things in order to clarify or promote understanding

Multiple Choice

Complete the analogy below.

sparks : magnify as imagination : ___________

• think quietly

• brain

• question marks

• excitement

Multiple Choice

How are the ideas in stanza 1 related to the ideas in stanza 7?

• Both stanzas list inventions that started as ideas in a person's imagination

• Both stanzas use the idea of sparks questions, and ideas from people's minds

• Both stanzas discuss how inventions can begin with a question

• Both stanzas use the same words to describe different ideas

Open Ended

What do the items in line 24 have in common?

Multiple Choice

Which invention would fit best with those listed in line 24?

• Bike

• Bus

• Skateboard

• Red Wagon

Open Ended

What is a synonym?

Look up the word MICROCHIP in the dictionary.

There should be one under your desk

Multiple Choice

Which word or phrase is the best synonym for microchip in line 17?

• Program logic

• CPU

• Integrated circuit

• Memory

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of the poem?

• Inventions begin with imagination

• Sparks are food for your imagination

• Most inventions begin with a question

• Creativity comes from daydreaming

Multiple Choice

Which lines provide the best imagery to support understanding?

• The bed, cheese spread and Barbie's head

  The wheel, the bulb, the square

• Once sparks that lit up question marks

  Ideas in human heads

• Blue jeans, baked beans and trampolines,

  The toothbrush, pens, shampoo

• The shoe, kung fu, the flushing loo

  The phone, the clock, the drum

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of the word sparks in line 3?

• Piece of burning material

• Electrical flash of light

• Trace amount of something

• Inspiration or catalyst