3rd Grade ELA Unit 3 Week 7 Comprehension

Which of the following is not a good way to read a poem?

• try to find the meaning of the poem the first time you read it

• read it aloud

• read it once and look up any words you don’t know

• let the poem remind you of things in your own life

Who wrote the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”?

• Langston Hughes

• Robert Frost

• Shel Silverstein

• Emily Dickinson

Who wrote the poem “The Acrobats”?

• Langston Hughes

• Robert Frost

• Shel Silverstein

• Emily Dickinson

Who has died in Mary Oliver’s poem “Her Grave?”

• Her grandmother

• Her cat

• Her mother

• Her dog

Do poems rhyme?

• All poems rhyme

• Some poems rhyme

• Poems never rhyme

Do poems have rhythm?

• All poems have rhythm

• Nearly all poems have rhythm

• Some points have rhythm

• No poems have rhythm

Which of the poems in this week’s reader has very short lines?

• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

• Her Grave

• Clock

• Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too

Which of the poems in this week’s reader does not have rhyme?

• Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

• Her Grave

• Clock

• Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too

Does the poet know who the woods belong to in the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”?

• Yes

• He thinks he does, but he’s not sure

• No

Who served coffee and mulligan stew?

• Ickle

• Pickle

• Tickle

• Shel Silverstein