'Grown Up' Poem

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

• free verse

• AABB

• the first line and the third line rhyme in each stanza

• the second and fourth lines rhyme in each stanza

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

"At 6, I put my cape away.

At 7, a box was just a box.

By 8, I read and wrote with ease.

I could tell time on clocks"

What is the poet most likely suggesting in these lines?

• the speaker is getting older and they are losing their imagination

• the speaker is bored

• the speaker is trying to have fun but doesn't know how

• the speaker doesn't want to grow up

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What does the poet mean by:

"At 5, I could read and write in every language ever heard. The pictures gave me all I needed. And crayon scrawls stood in for words."

• the speaker doesn't know how to write

• the speaker doesn't know how to read

• the speaker has a creative imagination

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

"By 8, I wrote with ease."

The word 'ease' in this line means''

• the speaker doesn't like writing

• it was easy

• it was difficult

• it was exciting

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

The poem is mostly about a speaker who--

• is getting older and changing how they play

• is getting older but is staying exactly the same

• is getting older and becoming bored with life

• is getting a good grade in school

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What is the message of the poem?

• Your imagination changes

• Hurry to grow up because it is more fun

• Don't be in a rush to grow up because it isn't always fun.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9