Focus Poem Practice: “High Flight”

Focus Poem Practice: “High Flight”

6th - 9th Grade

10 Qs

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Focus Poem Practice: “High Flight”

Focus Poem Practice: “High Flight”

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.4, RL.6.4, RI. 9-10.9

+16

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jessica Guthrie

Used 94+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the “topic” of the poem?

Death

Growing up

Flying a plane

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Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word best describes the tone of the poem?

Questioning

Ecstatic

Awestruck

Fearful

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which line from the poem best supports the tone of the poem?

“Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.“

“Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things”

“I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung”

“My eager craft through footless halls of air...”

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which line best supports the idea that the speaker is proud of his accomplishments as a pilot?

“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth!”

“Put our my handAnd touched the face of God”

“I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark or even eagle flew --“

“Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds,”

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which line provides the best example of visual imagery?

“And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;“

“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth”

“Flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.”

“I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the best paraphrase of the line, “I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth.”

I have fallen asleep and died peacefully.

I have forgotten about the burdens of life.

I have returned to Earth after a relaxing flight.

I have flown away Into the sky from the burdens and trials of life.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which sentence best explains the literal meaning of the last line of the poem?

I have died and gone to Heaven.

I feel like I am in Heaven when I’m flying a plane high in the air.

I am a God who is able to accomplish many things that most humans cannot.

I’m so high in the air that I can almost see Heaven.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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