Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk ends By shel silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins,
and there the grass grows soft and white, and there the sun burns crimson bright,
and there the moon-bird rests from his flight to cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black and the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow and watch where the chalk-white arrows go

to the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, and we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
for the children, they mark, and the children, they know, the place where the sidewalk ends.

How does the author feel about the place where the sidewalk ends?

What does where the sun burns crimson bright mean?

• The sun burns crimson colored items

• The sun is burning dimly.

• The sun is bright and crimson colored

• The sun is not out.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Where the Sidewalk ends By shel silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins,
and there the grass grows soft and white, and there the sun burns crimson bright,
and there the moon-bird rests from his flight to cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black and the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow and watch where the chalk-white arrows go

to the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, and we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
for the children, they mark, and the children, they know, the place where the sidewalk ends.

How does the author feel about the place where the sidewalk ends?

What does where the sun burns crimson bright mean?

What is most likely the “place where the smoke blows black and the dark street winds and bends”?

• cornfield

• A ski resort

• A city

• The interstate

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Why will the people "walk with a walk that is measured and slow"?

• The place where the sidewalk ends is dangerous, so they have to walk slow.

• They want to enjoy the place where the sidewalk ends.

• They want to measure the distance to where the sidewalk ends.

• They are carry too much stuff to walk fast.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

What is an example of personification from the poem?

• the dark street winds and bends

• sidewalk ends

• measured and slow

• dark street
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is a metaphor from the poem?

• smoke blows

• peppermint wind

• grass grows

• measured and slow

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a metaphor from the poem?

• sun burns
  

• street begins
  

• chalk-white

• asphalt flowers

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4