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Poppies: Plot and Intentions

Authored by Nichola CAPSTICK

English

10th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 26+ times

Poppies: Plot and Intentions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What are the key themes in the poem?

Reality of conflict.

Effect of conflict / memory / loss.

Power of nature.

Power of human.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Who is the speaker in 'Poppies'?

Daughter

Soldier

Son

Mother

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

'My stomach making tucks, darts, pleats' implies...

The speaker is experiencing pain.

The speaker is wounded.

The narrator had tailored her speech.

The mother has anxieties about her son.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What does 'I wanted to graze my nose across the tip of your nose' imply about their relationship?

The speaker is full of remorse.

Childhood memories indicate the close bond between them.

There is hostility between them.

The mother feels betrayed by her son.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the key message of the Poppies poem?

A young child going to school for the first time.

The indescribable horrors of war.

War is glorious, honourable and to be praised.

Absence, loss of a son serving in war from a mothers perspective.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What are the two concepts juxtaposed in the poem?

Domestic

Oppression

Military

Freedom

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which conflict had just taken place when Jane Weir wrote Poppies?

The Iraq/Afghanistan War

The Second Boer War

World War 2

The Gulf War

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