Week 5.3 Bell Ringer - Poetry and P.O.V.

Mountains and plains, 

Allare captured by the snow--

Nothing remains. 

Winter solitude--

In a world of one color

The sound of wind. 

No sky at all; 

No earth at all--and still

The snowflakes fall… 

The snow is melting

And the village is flooded

With children. 

Why does the author say the village is “flooded with children” in the final stanza of this poem? 

• To show that the snow is melting into water and flooding the streets.

• To show that the snow is finally melting and children are coming outside to play. 

• To show that children are coming out into the streets to play in the snow. 

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she

With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Which line from the poem shows that the statue of liberty is a symbol of welcoming people to the United States?

• Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame

• Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

• Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free

I used to be a superhero,

Soaring high from tree to tree.

With a cape around my shoulders,

I was as happy as could be.

 “Grow up,” my brother said.

By four, I’d made a rocket ship.

It took me all the way to Mars.

It started out as a cardboard box,

Before I steered it to the stars.

 “Grow up,” my sister said.

 At five, I could read and write

in every language ever heard.

The pictures gave me all I needed.

And crayon scrawls stood in for words.

“Grow up,” my best friend said.

 At six, I put my cape away.

At seven, a box was just a box.

By eight, I read and wrote with ease.

I could tell the time on clocks.

 “You’re growing up,” my mother said.

I miss my cape. Sometimes I think

that boxes still could make cool forts.

But I have no time for make believe

I’m busy writing school reports.

I don’t always like being grown up.

The author repeats the phrase “grow up” throughout the poem in order to-- 

• Tell people what it's like to be a superhero.

• Show what it means to grow up.

• Show how people around him feel about him using his imagination.

• Show why it's bad to use your imagination.

Our baseball team never did very much

We had me and Peewee and Earl and Dutch, 

And the Oak STreet Tigers always got beat

Until the new kid moved in on our street. 

The kid moved in with a mitt and a bat

And an official New York Yankee hat. 

The new kid plays shortstop or second base

And can outrun us all in any place. 

The kid never muffs a grounder or a fly

No matter how hard it’s hit or how high. 

And the new kid always acts quite  polite, 

Never yelling or spitting or starting a fight.

We were playing the league champs just last week; 

They were trying to break our winning streak. 

In the last inning the score was 0ne-one, 

When the new kid hit a home run. 

A few of the kids and their parents say

They don’t believe the new kid should play. 

But she’s good as me, Dutch, PeeWee or Earl, 

So we don't care that the new kid’s a girl.

Which line from the poem helps the reader understand that the new kid is good at baseball?

• They don’t believe that the new kid should play

• We were playing the league champs last week

• And can outrun us all in any place

• And the new kid always acts quite polite

California native Alejandro Arbor builds handcycles. These bikes are designed and made for people who can’t use their legs. They are powered by hand pedals. Alejandro is also a handcycle rider. He lost both of his legs in an accident, but he wanted to continue playing sports. Alejandro learned how to do things without his legs. He taught himself to kayak and to play basketball. He even competed in difficult triathlons. For years, Alejandro continued training. Today he is a handcycling champion on the U.S. paralympic Cycling Elite Team. IN the 2004 Paralympic Games, he won a silver medal. Alejandro inspires others to do their best. He talks to people about disabilities and builds hand cycles for kids with physical challenges. He also is a great dad to his three children. Through hard work, Alejandro has achieved his dreams. 

Who is the narrator of this passage?

• Alejandro

• A third-person narrator

• A first-person narrator

• Alejandro’s children