Poppies: Plot and Intentions
Authored by Nichola CAPSTICK
English
10th - 11th Grade
CCSS covered
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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.
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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.8.4
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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