Poetry Task Card

The descriptions in the fourth stanza help the reader picture the children –

• A. upsetting their father

• B not going to bed

• C playing upstairs

• D trying to be sneaky

The speaker is most likely -

• A. worried

• B. scared

• C. happy

• D. brave

What is happening in the second stanza?

• A. The lily is drying out and needs rain.

• B. The lily is happy to be in the sun.

• C. The lily got too much rain.

• D. The lily needs more sunshine.

The descriptive language in lines 6 through 12 help the reader picture -

• A. the beach

• B. a shell

• C . the ocean

• D. a crab

What is the poem really talking about?

• A. The time when the wind and the leaves played together.

• B. The time in the year where it begins to get cold.

• C. The time for leaves to fall from the trees and blow in the wind.

• D. The time when leaves turn colors and like to go out and play.

The descriptive language in the poem helps the reader picture -

• A. when you are able to see the wind

• B. where the wind tends to blow

• C. what the wind looks like on a windy day

• D. how you can see the wind moving through the trees

Which lines from the poem rhyme?

• A. A-riding on a pony, And called it macaroni.

• B. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Mind the music and the step,

• C. Father and I went down to camp, And there we saw the men and boys

• D. And there we saw a thousand men And what they wasted every day,

Why does the poet repeat the same final line in each stanza

• A. To explain why the land is so special

• B. To emphasize the land is for everyone

• C. To show people they are important

• D. To describe what the land looks like

Which line from the poem best shows that the people need to be ready to fight?

• A. Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,

• B. One if by land, and two if by sea;

• C. Ready to ride and spread the alarm

• D. For the country-folk to be up and to arm.

What can the reader conclude about how the speaker feels in the first stanza?

• A. safe

• B. warm

• C. scared

• D. sleepy