I Am Wind - Poem 2nd Grade Benchmark

In line one from the poem, how is the wind "restless"?

• The wind is irritated

• The wind is less windy

• The wind does not relax or stay still.

• The wind knows no boundaries.

In line two, what does it mean that the wind knows "no bounds"?

• The wind cannot spell.

• The wind cannot cross a line.

• The wind cannot jump.

• The wind has no limit to where it can go.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

From line 4 in the poem, what does "a mighty force" mean?

• The wind can make someone do something.

• The wind is like a gorilla.

• The wind is a Jedi Knight.

• The wind has great power and strength.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which two words rhyme at the end of lines 5 and 6?

• whisper, moan

• carve, shapes

• moan, stone

• make, mark

How does the wind "carve out shapes from stone"?

• It uses a knife to cut away pieces of rock.

• It builds rock from sand.

• It molds the rock like play dough.

• Over hundreds of years it wears away the rocks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

From line 9, what does the root word "cent" from the word "Centuries" mean?

• Coins

• Penny

• Thousands

• Hundred

What are "centuries"?

• Types of rocks found in Zion Park

• Strong winds in Zion Park

• Soldiers who guard Zion Park

• Hundreds of years

From the last line in the poem, what does the word "wondrous" mean?

• A type of bread

• A wind that is passing

• An old wind

• Wonderful or marvelous

Which two words rhyme in the last two lines of the poem?

• wind, wondrous

• passing, through

• through, do

• things, through

What does the poem mean when it says the "Towers made of rock and sand" were made with "no touch of human hand"?

• The towers are owned by the wind, not humans

• You cannot see how people built the towers

• There are no fingerprints on the rocks and sand

• Humans did not build the towers, the wind did

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2