Copy of STAAR Passage #1-Poem

What is the main message of the poem? https://talkandcomment.com/p/be1d3a7bc61a5e91d7ef9dc1

• It is good to be honest when sharing your feelings.
• Events from history can be relevant today.
• Wise people listen more than they speak.
• There is a right time and place for imagination.

What do lines 9 and 10 suggest about Gabby? https://talkandcomment.com/p/cecbbf187859d44968ce2345

• She cannot hide her frustration from her teacher.

• She is calm while listening to her teacher.

• She has difficulty expressing herself to her teacher.

• She is confident that her teacher will understand her situation.

At the end of the poem, the description “bringing daydreams in for a landing” most likely refers to — https://talkandcomment.com/p/0ddc8bc4f92b0e80547f1478

• ending daydreaming completely
• making daydreams relate to what is important
• being able to stop daydreaming for a while
• keeping daydreams from being unreachable

In lines 24 and 25, the poet uses personification most likely to emphasize that successful people often — https://talkandcomment.com/p/1aa56155e9d386421ee78d8d

• travel
• imagine
• create
• communicate

Read lines 17 through 19. "Teacher taps his top lip like a door the right words are hiding behind." What does the simile in these lines suggest about the teacher? https://talkandcomment.com/p/32c410f6cd099c6d9c2dcce1

• He feels saddened by Gabby’s response.
• He thinks that he might offend Gabby.
• He wants to be sure to communicate his thoughts well.
• He has begun to change his opinion about the subject.

The teacher “keeps an eye on” Gabby because he — https://talkandcomment.com/p/3eacb38ca8d4526ec0ed4a9c

• suspects that Gabby is daydreaming again
• realizes that Gabby should be allowed to daydream
• believes that Gabby has an important idea she wants to share
• notices that Gabby has been acting differently