Poems in the Attic

What is the story MOSTLY about?

• a girl who learns how to write poems

• a girl who learns about her mother’s life

• a girl who wants to move to another place

• a girl who uses her mother’s writing for a gift

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Why does the girl’s mother write poems?

• because she wants to become an author

• because she wants to remember special times

• because she wants to read them to her friends

• because she wants to tell facts about her hometown

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

The story says that the girl’s mother had a childhood on wings. Why does the author use these words to tell about the mother’s childhood?

• She lived in many different places.

• She was very busy most of the time.

• She enjoyed learning about airplanes.

• She was always dreaming about things.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why are some of the poems in italics?

• to show that they are very old

• to show that they are very important

• to show that the girl’s mother wrote them

• to show that the girl’s mother liked them best

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

What happens at the end of the story?

• The girl makes artwork.

• The girl gets a new book.

• The girl reads poems to her mother.

• The girl writes poems for her mother.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

If you ______________ things, you placed them on top of other things.

• stacked

• flitting

• mound

• leave

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

When you ________________, you climb quickly using your hands and feet.

• clamber

• breathless

• shuffled

• stacked

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

A ________________ is a hill or pile.

• mound

• clamber

• leave

• adventures

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

If you are ________________, you are moving quickly from place to place.

• flitting

• clamber

• adventures

• breathless

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

If you ______________, you walked slowly and dragged your feet.

• shuffled

• clamber

• leave

• stacked

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4