WorksheetsPoetry Unit
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is the rhyming pattern of this poem:
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And every where that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go;
He followed her to school one day—
That was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.
ABABDEDE
ABCBDEDE
ABCDEFGH
ABABABABA
What is this poem about?
We’re at the end
The very end
The very
Very
Very
End
No more words
Or pictures. Look!
No more stories in this book.
But there are other Books to read
Hundreds,
Thousands,
All we need.
The end of the road
Working Hard
Eating a Sandwich
Finishing a book
What would be the best way to express sadness?
His guitar hummed a blue tune that echoed through the hall.
Her heart skipped and hopped and jumped as she waited for the news.
The dog's smile disappeared and was replaced by a low growl and a row of yellow teeth.
The baby giggled and jiggled and wriggled in her seat.
What word rhymes with "pour"?
hour
tour
door
power
How do I know if I'm reading a poem?
It rhymes.
It can match a song.
It doesn't make sense.
It shows emotion or ideas using a variety of tools.
Read these lines from the poem.
I ran for the bus, but the bus had left.
I raced to school, I really, really, buzzed,
The poet uses these lines mainly to show that the speaker-
is in a hurry
wants to find out more about dinosaurs
does not want to go to school
is excited about riding the bus
Read these lines from the poem
The dinosaur roared, "Sit down at your desk!"
These lines mainly help the reader imagine what the dinosaur-
feels like
sounds like
looks like
smells likes
