Predators Poem by Linda Hogan
Authored by Kelley Rath
English
6th Grade
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This 6th grade English Language Arts quiz focuses on poetry analysis and vocabulary development through Linda Hogan's poem "Predators." Students demonstrate their understanding of poetry structure by identifying stanzas, quatrains, and the organizational elements that distinguish poetry from prose. The vocabulary component requires students to define and apply key terms like "cultivate," "domesticated," and "wild" in multiple contexts, moving beyond simple memorization to practical application. Students must also engage in close reading and literary analysis by interpreting the speaker's perspective, understanding the relationship between wild and domesticated animals in the poem, and making inferences about character motivations and symbolic meaning. The quiz assesses both literal comprehension and higher-order thinking skills as students analyze the poem's final stanza structure and determine the significance of the title "Predators." Created by Kelley Rath, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 6. This comprehensive assessment tool supports multiple instructional purposes throughout the poetry unit, serving effectively as a formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to more complex literary analysis, or as a summative evaluation following close reading activities and vocabulary instruction. Teachers can deploy individual sections as warm-up activities to activate prior knowledge about poetry structure, assign the vocabulary questions as homework to reinforce learning, or use the text-dependent questions for guided practice during small group instruction. The quiz aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4 for determining word meanings, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.5 for analyzing text structure, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4 for vocabulary acquisition, providing teachers with targeted data on student mastery of essential sixth-grade reading and language skills.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does "cultivate" mean?
To belong to a group
To acquire or develop a quality or skill
To count numbers
To prepare land for crops
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does "wild" mean?
An animal who is a pet
An animal who is angry
An animal that is untamed, feral, or uncontrollable
An animal who runs free (like in Africa)
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does "domesticated" mean?
An animal that lives in a zoo
An animal who is wild and runs free
An animal who does housework
An animal that is tame and kept as a pet or on a farm
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
line
stanza
line break
stanza break
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.
A house cat is considered a ____________________ animal, while a lion is not.
domineering
predominant
domesticated
domicile
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which creatures in “Predators” are domesticated?
Choose TWO options.
the speaker
the feline
the vixen
the herbs
the sun
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When the speaker in “Predators” says, “In sun the fox / bows to my feline and her good / dog friends who rule this land,” what does she mean?
The fox feels embarrassed when it sees the pets.
The fox understands that the cat and dogs know best.
The fox does not approach when the cat and dogs are
around.
The fox wants to hunt the other animals that live on the
property.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
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