2nd Grade - Poetry

Which 2 words from these lines are compound words?

I love the world when it is red,

when scarlet leaves make mice a bed

and sunset crimson overhead.

• scarlet, sunset

• crimsons, scarlet

• sunset, overhead

• overhead, scarlet

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

In a poem, where do you usually find the rhyming words?

• at the beginning of a line

• in the middle of a line

• at the end of a line

• Wherever there is a strong beat

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

I think mice

Are rather nice.

Their Tails are long,

Their faces small,

They haven't any

Chins at all.

They nibble things

They shouldn't touch

And no one seems

To like them much,

But I think mice are nice.

How do you know this is a poem?

• It rhymes

• it has short words

• it is funny

• it is about animals

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

I think mice

Are rather nice.

Their Tails are long,

Their faces small,

They haven't any

Chins at all.

They nibble things

They shouldn't touch

And no one seems

To like them much,

But I think mice are nice.

How are the 1st & 2nd lines the same as the last line?

• They say what the poet thinks about mice

• They tell why people do not like mice

• They tell how mice sneak around at night

• They describe what mice ears look like

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL. 6.5

Which is an opinion?

• poems are fun to read

• poems can have repeat lines

• poems are made up of words

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which is a fact?

• poems are boring

• poems have a beat and rhyming words

• poems are hard to understand

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the word for a person who writes poems?

• doctor

• poet

• clown

• evil

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL. 6.5

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes

• An author of a poem

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the poem below:

the drum

by Nikki Giovanni

daddy says the world is

a drum tight and hard

and i told him

i’m gonna beat

out my own rhythm

What comparison does the poem make?

• She compares herself to a rhythm.

• The poem compares the world to a drum.

• The speaker compares her father to the world.

• The speaker compares her father to a drum.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the poem below:

the drum

by Nikki Giovanni

daddy says the world is

a drum tight and hard

and i told him

i’m gonna beat

out my own rhythm

What is the meaning behind the comparison?

• The world is loud and scary like a drum.

• The speaker wants to be a musician when she grows up.

• Her father is strict like a drum beat.

• The world is a hard and challenging place.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D