My Prairies

Which of these best expresses the overall message in "My Praires"?

• There is much to love about praires.

• Praires are home to many animals.

• It is easy to get lost in vast, empty praires

• Praires have better views than seashores.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which line from the poem best supports the answer to part A?

• "Clipping a world of sky and sad"

• " I love their grasses. The skies"

• "Fasten on more of earth and air"

• "Of newly shaven stubble, rolled"

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Read these lines from the poem

What does the word"fasten" mean in these lines?

• Close

• buckle

• look

• blink

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The first-person speaker of the poem helps the reader understand

• how the plants and animals on the praire live

• what work the speaker does while on the praire

• how other people feel about the prairie in general

• what the speaker feels when looking out at the prairie

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Select the two descriptions from the poem that are best supported by the illustration

• "Clipping a world of sky and sod.....

• ".....Like the bended arm and wrist of God."

• " I love their grasses. The skies are larger...."

• "The trees that stand like spear points high..."

• "...the songs of birds are not more thrilling to me..."

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Select the two descriptions from the poem that are best supported by the illustration.

• "Clipping a world of sky and sod..."

• " The mountains and the cold gray sea are not for me...."

• "The trees that stand like spear points high...."

• "....the songs of birds are not more thrilling to me...."

• "I love their grasses. The skies are larger...."

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5