How the Leaves Came Down

Which sentence is the best summary of the poem?

• The speaker describes falling leaves as if they are children of a tree.

• The speaker uses sensory words to describe the beauty of falling leaves.

• The speaker describes how she feels about falling leaves.

• The speaker uses the story of a tree to teach a lesson about good parenting.

• (I don't know)

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read these lines from the poem:

He shook his head, and far and wide,

Fluttering and rustling everywhere,

Down sped the leaflets through the air.

What is the most likely reason that the poet includes these lines?

• to picture and show the reader the leaves falling to the ground

• to show that the leaves are not hurt when they fall from the tree.

• to suggest that the tree does not like the leaves.

• to explain why leaves fall from trees.

• (I don't know)

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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 kind of story does this poem tell?

Choose the answer that best describes the story.

• A realistic story about a natural event

• a fantasy in which objects have human thoughts and actions

• a fairy tale in which a character uses magic to solve a problem

• a myth that explains how the world was created

• (I don't know)

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Read these lines from the poem:

"Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf,

"Let us a little longer stay;

Dear Father Tree, behold our grief!

It's such a very pleasant day,

We do not want to go away."

What do the leaves want to do?

• go to sleep

• fly far away

• stay on the tree

• fall to the ground

• (I don't know)

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Based on the details in the poem, in which season does the poem most likely take place?

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• (I don't know)

What happens after the leaves are covered with a "white bedclothes heaped upon her arm?"

• The leaves continued to beg to stay with the tree.

• The leaves changed colors.

• The leaves were ready to go to bed!

• The leaves were blowing in the wind.

Which detail describes the setting of the selection?

• 'Tis such a very pleasant day , We do not want to go away."

• I saw them; on the ground they lay, Golden and red, a huddled swarm

• Replied, "Good-night," and murmured , "It is so nice to go to bed!”

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which detail summarizes the text?

• "Perhaps the great Tree will forget , And let us stay until the spring, If we all beg , and coax, and fret."

• “The great bare Tree looked down and smiled.

• Fluttering and rustling everywhere, Down sped the leaflets through the air.

• The great Tree to his children said: "You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown , Yes, very sleepy, little Red. It is quite time to go to bed."

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2