Persistent

What is the main message of the poem?

• It is good to be honest when sharing your feelings.

• Wise people listen more than they speak.

• There is a right time and place for imagination.

• Events from history can be relevant today.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What do lines 9 and 10 suggest about Gabby?

• She can not hide her frustration from her teacher.

• She is not confident that her teacher will understand her situation.

• She has difficulty expressing herself to her teacher.

• She is calm while listening to her teacher.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

At the end of the poem, the description “bringing daydreams in for a landing” most likely refers to...

• ending daydreaming completely.

• being able to stop daydreaming for a little while.

• keeping daydreams from being unreachable.

• making daydreams relate to what is important.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

In lines 24 and 25, the poet uses personification most likely to emphasize that successful people often...

• travel

• create

• communicate

• imagine

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Read lines 17 through 19.

What does the simile in these lines suggest about the teacher?

Teacher taps his top lip like a door the right words are hiding behind.

• He feels saddened by Gabby's response.

• He wants to be sure to communicate his thoughts well.

• He has begun to change his thoughts on the subject.

• He thinks that he might offend Gabby.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The teacher “keeps an eye on” Gabby because he —

• suspects that Gabby is daydreaming again.

• Notices that Gabby has been acting strangely.

• believes that Gabby has an important idea she wants to share.

• realizes that Gabby should be allowed to daydream.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When the teacher tells Gabby that “Sometimes you have to slide your daydreams in a drawer and let them wait until later,” he means that...

• daydreams are always inappropriate

• daydreams have their time and place

• he doesn't understand her need to daydream

• she should write her daydreams down and put them in a drawer

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The teacher can best be described as...

• caring

• intolerant

• annoyed

• angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6