2012 Year 3 NAPLAN- Prehistoric Butterfly

T rex s included in the poem to show that butterflies

• might become extinct

• are not very important

• live in dangerous places

• have lived for a long time

did he notice the small thing

In this poem the small thing is

• a seed

• a flower

• a butterfly

• a bit of pollen

The poet admires the butterfly because it

• can fly

• looks beautiful

• helps to create food for others

• was not destroyed by dinosaurs

Which word gives the main idea of this poem?

• life

• love

• beauty

• danger

Why are the two questions asked in this poem?

• to teach the reader the facts

• to make the reader give answers

• to encourage the reader to wonder

• to check the reader understands what is happening

The time in this poem changes from

• oast to future

• future to past

• present to past

• past to present