Count That Day Lost George Eliot

The speaker thinks that you can count a day "as worse than lost" if -

• you haven't done what you planned to do

• you haven't had any fun

• you haven't taken any risks

• you haven't helped another person

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On a day you have done a "self-denying deed" you should -.

• be ashamed

• feel good about yourself

• feel sorry for yourself

• be surprised

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CCSS.RL.2.6

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What is the message of the poem?

• The message is that we should spend each day doing something for someone else, not only think about ourselves

• making my day lost or well spent.

• taking risks

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What is a day ‘worse than lost.’?

• When you do bad things

• Losing money

  When someone says bad things

• When you don't do anything for someone else

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What time of day is mentioned in the poem?

• morning

• night

• evening

• afternoon

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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Which words that mean ‘made someone happy?

• 'brought the sunshine to one's face'

• 'self denying deed'

• 'sit down at the set of sun'

• 'count the acts that you have done'

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

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At the end of the day you should….(-)

• think if you have done something good for someone else

• say yay or nay

• sit down at sunset

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

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The poet calls the poem ‘Count That Day Lost’ to tell us not to…(-)

• count the day

• sit down at sunset

• do good deeds

• waste the day

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a "deed"?

• A lesson in school.

  A present

• Dessert

• Something to do

• A present

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Who is the speaker talking to?

• people who count their acts.

• people who help others.

• people who sit without doing a thing

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