I Saw My Teacher on a Saturday

Read line 8 from the poem.

I thought that I would die!

The poet uses this line to show that the speaker is -

• careless

• disappointed

• embarrassed

• angry

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

Why does the poet use the exclamation points in the first stanza?

• To express the speaker’s joy

• To describe the speaker’s thoughts

• To show the speaker’s fear

• To emphasize the speaker’s surprise

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.RL.3.1

Read lines 15 and 16 from the poem.

So many rows of jars and cans.

So little room to hide.

The poet uses these lines to show -

• that the speaker is surprised by how big the store is

• how badly the speaker wants to avoid being seen by his teacher

• that the speaker is shy around his teacher

• how worried the speaker is that his mom will find him

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of these lines from the poem rhyme?

• Lines 2 and 4

• Lines 5 and 7

• Lines 11 and 12

• Lines 23 and 24

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

Read lines 17 and 18 from the poem.

Oh, please, I thought, don’t tell my mom

what I did yesterday!

These lines best support the idea that the speaker -

• is hoping to talk about something other than school

• wants to be the one who tells his mother what happened at school

• wants to get home as quickly as possible

• knows he did something wrong at school

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does the speaker fell throughout the poem?

• Silly

• Angry

• Excited

• Uncomfortable

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1