Words Are Birds Poem

1. What is the speaker watching throughout this poem?

• A. a leaf

• B. a beetle

• C. a bird

• D. a worm

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2. This poem uses rhyme in many places. What are two lines of the poem that rhyme?

• A. lines 2 and 4

• B. lines 1 and 3

• C. lines 2 and 3

• D. lines 3 and 4

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

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3. Read lines 9-13 of the poem. Based on this evidence, what can you conclude about how the bird is feeling?

• A. The bird feels nervous and scared.

• B. The bird feels proud and strong.

• C. The bird feels excited and happy.

• D. The bird feels bored and restless.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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4. When in the poem does the bird most likely notice that the speaker is watching him?

• A. lines 9-10

• B. lines 17-18

• C. lines 1-2

• D. lines 7-8

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

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CCSS.RL.6.4

5. What is the main idea of this poem?

• A. A bird comes down the walk and then swims through a puddle of water.

• B. A bird comes down the walk and eats crumbs out of the speaker's hand.

• C. A bird comes down the walk, eats a worm, and drinks a dewdrop from some grass.

• D. A bird comes down the walk but flies away when the speaker offers him a crumb.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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6. Read these lines from the poem:

He stirred his Velvet Head

Like one in danger, Cautious, I offered him a Crumb And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home-

Than Oars divide the Ocean,

What does the phrase "rowed him softer home" mean here?

• A. chirped quietly

• B. hopped onto a boat

• C. flew away softly

• D. swam through a puddle

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7. Read these lines from the poem:

He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all around- They looked like frightened Beads, I thought-

To whom or what does the word "they" refer?

• A. the speaker and the bird

• B. the bird and his friends

• C. the bird's wings

• D. the bird's eyes

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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