Poetry Comprehension (See and Children)

What is the message of both poems?

• Animals will hurt you.

• You shouldn't hurt animals.

• Children enjoy feeding birds.

• There are animals all around us.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

In the first poem, why won't the speaker take young birds from their nest?

• She can't reach the nest.

• The birds are singing to her.

• The mother bird chases her away.

• She doesn't want the mother bird to be sad.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The speaker in the first poem is a-

• a child

• a parent

• a teacher

• the author

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The animals in the second poem probably visit a-

• shopping center

• parking lot

• garden

• school

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The two poems differ in-

• the number of verses

• their rhyme pattern

• their themes

• no way at all

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9