Poem

Birthday Boy (Vachel Lindsay)

When I was one

It was so much fun.

When I was two

The world was new.

Then I turned quickly

Into a boy of three.

One year more

And I was four.

Now I’m happy to say

I’m a year older today.

And soon you’ll see

Another birthday party for me

Do you know

How old I’ll be?

What is Poem about?

• It is about birthday party of boy

• It is about happy boy

• It is about numeral

• It is about new world

Birthday Boy (Vachel Lindsay)

When I was one

It was so much fun.

When I was two

The world was new.

Then I turned quickly

Into a boy of three.

One year more

And I was four.

Now I’m happy to say

I’m a year older today.

And soon you’ll see

Another birthday party for me

Do you know

How old I’ll be?

How old is the boy now?

• Four years old

• Five years old

• Six years old

• Seven years old

Birthday Boy (Vachel Lindsay)

When I was one

It was so much fun.

When I was two

The world was new.

Then I turned quickly

Into a boy of three.

One year more

And I was four.

Now I’m happy to say

I’m a year older today.

And soon you’ll see

Another birthday party for me

Do you know

How old I’ll be?

Mention two sequences lines which have rhyme!

• Line 1 and 2

• Line 2 and 3

• Line 4 and 5

• Line 13 and 14

The Little Turtle (Vachel Lindsay)

There was a little turtle.

He lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle.

He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped at a minnow.

And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

And he didn’t catch me.

What is Poem about?

• It is about climbing rocks

• It is about mosquito

• It is about a boy

• It is about little turtle

The Little Turtle (Vachel Lindsay)

There was a little turtle.

He lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle.

He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped at a minnow.

And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

And he didn’t catch me.

What could the turtle do?

• Catch the rocks

• catch mosquitos

• Catch me

• catch plankton

The Little Turtle (Vachel Lindsay)

There was a little turtle.

He lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle.

He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped at a minnow.

And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

And he didn’t catch me.

What couldn’t the turtle do?

• Catch me

• live in a box

• Snap mosquitos

• snap a flea

Sea (Leonard Clark)

Over the hill

First sight of the sea

Lying sunlit and still

Just waiting for me.

I race from the land

In the clear morning light

To rock pool and sand,

Shells whiter than white.

Birds ride the sky,

The wispy clouds there

Soft floating, and I

Am walking on air.

Who wrote the poem?

• me

• Anonymous

• Leonard Clark

• I did

Sea (Leonard Clark)

Over the hill

First sight of the sea

Lying sunlit and still

Just waiting for me.

I race from the land

In the clear morning light

To rock pool and sand,

Shells whiter than white.

Birds ride the sky,

The wispy clouds there

Soft floating, and I

Am walking on air.

Find the words that rhyme in second stanza of the poem.

• Hill=still, sea=me

• Hill=sea, still=me

• Land=sand, light=white

• Sky=I, there=air

Sea (Leonard Clark)

Over the hill

First sight of the sea

Lying sunlit and still

Just waiting for me.

I race from the land

In the clear morning light

To rock pool and sand,

Shells whiter than white.

Birds ride the sky,

The wispy clouds there

Soft floating, and I

Am walking on air.

What did the writer tell you with his poem?

• View of sea

• View of mountain

• View of pool and sand

• View of sky

Sea (Leonard Clark)

Over the hill

First sight of the sea

Lying sunlit and still

Just waiting for me.

I race from the land

In the clear morning light

To rock pool and sand,

Shells whiter than white.

Birds ride the sky,

The wispy clouds there

Soft floating, and I

Am walking on air.

What is waiting for the writer?

• A hill

• A sunlit sea

• Rock pool and sand

• Birds