"Life Doesn't Frighten Me"

Why does the speaker of the poem make a list:  "Bad dogs, Big ghosts, mean Old Mother Goose, Lions on the loose"?

• to help us laugh 
• to help us understand her age
• to help us think of bad things
• to help us make our own list of fears

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Why does the speaker repeat the refrain "life doesn't frighten me at all"?

• The speaker couldn't think of anything else to write

• To make it rhyme

• To make the poem scarier

• To emphasize the speaker's point

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What attitude can you infer about the speaker?

• The speaker is happy
• The speaker is confident
• The speaker is lonely
• The speaker is worried

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How are the details in lines 28 - 32 different from those in stanzas (verses) 1 - 4?

• She is growing up and has different experiences
• There may be a new kid at school
• The other verses are very general experiences, this one is specific to being new to a school
• None of the other things that were mentioned in stanzas 1-4 were really that scary

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Why is "Kissy little girls/with their hair in curls" in lines 30 - 31 in parentheses?

• Maybe she isn't one of the "kissy little girls..."

• Maybe they didn't say it very loudly

• Maybe they didn't really mean it

• Maybe they didn't want the teacher to hear it

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.K.5

What can you infer about the speaker's reaction to the boys in her class?

• She thinks they are unkind
• She won't let them scare her
• She thinks they are afraid of snakes
• She thinks she might scream

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Analyze what the speaker means in lines 37 - 40, when she says she has a "magic charm" that she "keeps up her sleeve."

• She has a special source of strength.

• She likes to play cards

• She keeps a lucky clover leaf near by

• She has a friend who knows magic

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

How does the poem's final stanza differ from the ones before it?

• This stanza is different because it doesn't make a list
• This stanza is emphasizing the word "all"
• This stanza shows that the speaker was frustrated and ran out of words.
• This stanza emphasizes the point of the whole poem

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

What stereotype is the speaker referring to in lines 33 and 34?

• All girls are afraid of frogs and snakes
• Screaming is a good thing
• All girls are afraid of bad dreams
• All boys like frogs and snakes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.K.9

What can be inferred about the poem's speaker from the author's use of language?

• The speaker is a young girl.

• The speaker is an adult man.

• The speaker is a young boy.

• The speaker is an adult woman

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.8.4