Reading for Enrichment 8

What type of writing is this?

• Poem

• Prose

Who wrote this poem?

• an astronaut

• a boy

• Peter Thabit Jones

In this poem we can find words that rhyme.

• True

• False

Of how many stanzas is this poem made up?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

The theme of the poem is of someone who wants to go to space.

• True

• False

Tick the three planets that are mentioned in this poem.

• Earth

• Mars

• Saturn

• Jupiter

Which word rhymes with space in the first stanza?

Which word rhymes with fly in the fifth stanza?

In the second stanza what is 'Computerised (with lights)'

• Earth

• The Rocket

• Mars

• Saturn

What does he mean when in the last stanza he says 'And boys that aren't like me;'?

• Girls

• Aliens

• Women

• Men