How does the speaker feel throughout the poem? ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)  

• uncomfortable
• angry
• silly
• excited

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why does the poet use the exclamation points in the first stanza?

Saw my teacher on a Saturday!

I can't believe it's true!

I saw her buying groceries,

like normal people do!

• To express the speaker's joy

• To describe the speaker's thoughts

• To show the speaker's fear

• To emphasize the speaker's surprise

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Read the following lines -

Oh, please, I thought, don't tell my mom

what I did yesterday!

These lines best support the idea that the speaker -

• is hoping to talk about something other than school

• wants to be the one who tells his mother what happened at school

• wants to get home quickly as possible

• knows he did something wrong at school

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the line from the poem.

I thought that I would die!

The author uses this line to show that the speaker is - ​ (a)  

• embarrassed
• careless
• disappointed
• angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which of these words from the poem rhyme?

• out

• about

• die

• true

• hide

• fool

• school

• side

• do

• eye

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5