RW_10.31.23

HISD 4th Grade

Read Write

October 31, 2023

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TEKS 4.6F make inferences and use evidence to support understanding
4.9B explain figurative language such as simile, metaphor, and personification that the poet uses to create images.

LO: SWBAT make inferences and use evidence
to support understanding of figurative language that the poet uses to create images.

DOL: Given a poem, SW correctly make
inferences and use evidence to support
understanding of figurative language that the
poet uses to create images in at least 6 out of
8 points.

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Academic Vocabulary

poetry

stanza

a genre that can
tell a story,
describe a
situation, or
appeal to the
senses.

basic unit of a
poem; together,
lines form
stanzas.

section of a
poem; consists
of a line or
group of lines.

blank space
dividing two
stanzas from
each other.

speaker

in poetry, the
speaker is
the voice
behind the
scene in a
poem

stanza
break

lines

Match

Match the definition to the term

• a genre that can tell a story, describe a situation, or appeal to the senses.

• basic unit of a poem; together, they form stanzas.

• section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines.

• blank space dividing two stanzas from each other.

• in poetry, the voice behind the scene in a poem

Poetry

Lines

Stanza

Stanza break

Speaker

• Poetry

• Lines

• Stanza

• Stanza break

• Speaker

Academic Vocabulary

simile

metaphor

personification

comparison that
does not use like
or as.

Gives human
qualities or
characteristics to
an animal or
object.

comparison using
the word like or
as.

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compares things by saying something is something else.​

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gives nonhuman things, human characteristics. A​

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compares things using like or as.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

metaphor

Personification

simile

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Figurative Language

words or phrases that mean more than their

dictionary definition.

Simile A comparison using the
word like or as.

Ex: The boy runs away like a scared
cat.

Metaphor A comparison
that does not use like or as.

Ex: The classroom was a beehive of
activity

PersonificationGives human
qualities or characteristics to an
animal or object.

Ex: The sun greeted me with a smile.

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A Lonely Tree

There I stood tall and proud.
Waiting for someone,
to finally come around.
I watched the river dance,

5 under the warm sun.

I stood there waiting like,
a cheetah ready to run.
When no one came I knew
I should give up

10 But a tree with no friend,

is like rain with no clouds.

• Are there similes in this poem? 

• Are there metaphors in this poem? 

• Is there personification in this poem?

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A Lonely Tree

There I stood tall and proud.
Waiting for someone,
to finally come around.
I watched the river dance

5 each night for fun.

I stood there waiting like,
a cheetah ready to run.
When no one came I knew
I should give up

10 But a tree with no friend,

is like rain with no clouds.

In lines 4-5, what

can the reader
conclude about
how the tree is

feeling?

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A Lonely Tree

There I stood tall and proud.
Waiting for someone,
to finally come around.
I watched the river dance

5 each night for fun.



I stood there waiting like,

a cheetah ready to run.
When no one came I knew
I should give up

10 But a tree with no friend,

is like rain with no clouds.

In lines 10-11, how does
the speaker feel about
not having a friend?

A. excited and hopeful
B. scared and fearful
C. determined and eager
D. sad and lonely

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Giles at 14

by Diane de Anda

A tiger cat that once roamed free,
He claimed the world that he could see
From high atop the tallest trees
Or on the roof tops in the breeze,
5 Where he’d look down on other males
And spy fat mice and lizard tails
To bring back home as gifts for me,
His own special delivery.

His once bright stripes of marmalade
10 Have softened and begun to fade,
But he does not know he is old,
His eyes still sparkle orange-gold
To chase the shadows down the hall
And streaks of light across the wall,
15 To stand his ground and claim his place
With younger cats that share his space.

His kingdom is now inside my house,
His fiercest enemy a catnip mouse,
But he can leap and climb up still
20 Though unsteadily, and just to the window sill
To sit and watch the birds fly by
And catch them now in his mind’s eye,
Then curl right up onto my lap
Or in his basket for a nap
25 To dream again of hunting days,
Of alley fights and tomcat ways.

“Giles at 14” from HMH Into Readingwith permission © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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His once bright stripes of marmalade

10 Have softened and begun to fade,

But he does not know he is old,
His eyes still sparkle orange-gold
To chase the shadows down the hall
And streaks of light across the wall,

15 To stand his ground and claim his
place

With younger cats that share his
space.

Read lines 9-10.
What can the

reader

conclude

about Giles?

Multiple Choice

Why does the poet refer to the house as Giles’s “kingdom”?

• She wants Giles’s to feel important.

• She believes that the house is as grand as a castle.

• She wants to show that Giles rules her house, similar to the king.

• She feels the house is too big for just herself and her cat.

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What do lines 15-16 suggest about
how the speaker feels about Giles?

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How does the speaker create an image to describe his experience in the snow and his
experience in the sun? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

The speaker creates an image to describe his
experience in the snow and sun by
____________________________________
____________________________________.
In the poem, the author said
____________________________________
____________________________________.

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Given a poem, SW correctly
make inferences and use
evidence to support
understanding of figurative
language that the poet uses to
create images in at least 6 of 8
points.

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