Poetry REVIEW for 3rd Grade STAAR

In "CITY MOUSE and COUNTRY MOUSE EXCHANGE VISITS"..... Which lines create a picture of speedy movement?

(TEKS3.10A)

• He stayed for lunch but all they ate

  Were sandwiches of peanut butter.

• So in they went and to a house

  With walls of stone and gardens green,

• The country mouse leaped to the floor

  And ran like lightning down a hole,

• Enough! He said, of city life,

  It's great - but not worth dying for.

In "CITY MOUSE and COUNTRY MOUSE" the country mouse leaped to the floor in line 19 because —

• City Mouse chased him

• the masters were shouting

• four dogs came rushing in

• he misses country life

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

In "CITY MOUSE and COUNTRY MOUSE, how can the reader tell that this is a narrative poem?

(3.6A)

• The poem contains words that appeal to the senses.

• The speaker of the poem shares his or her feelings.

• the events tell a story, with characters, and rhymes

• The poem has lines that make the reader laugh.

In the poem "The Big Race", Why do you think HARE thought it was okay to nap in the middle of a race?

(3.6Fig19D)

• He was sure he would beat Tortoise.

• He thought they were allowed one break.

• He didn't understand that the point was to be the first one to reach the tree.

• He wanted to give Tortoise a chance to win.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

(THE BIG RACE)

Which lines end in words that rhyme?

(3.6A)

• lines 3 and 4

• lines 7 and 8

• lines 9 and 10

• lines 12 and 13

Read line 15 from the poem "THE BIG RACE".

"Slow and steady won that race!"

The poet includes this line to emphasize —

• that Hare wins the race

• the message of the poem

• that Tortoise falls asleep

• that Hare crawls to the finish line

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

How are the stanzas in the poem "THE BIG RACE" alike?

(3.6A)

• They are numbered

• They have the same number of lines.

• They focus on a problem the tortoise tries to solve.

• They repeat important words.

In "MY RED BOAT", the speaker most likely repeats the word bobbed in line 3 to —

(3.6Fig19D)

• create an image of the boat bouncing up and down

• help the reader imagine the sound of the boat.

• make the line rhyme with line 4.

• create the same rhythm as the rhythm in line 2.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

In the poem "OUR HOUSE AT NIGHT", the author repeats the word drip in order to --

(3.6A)

• remind readers of a dripping faucet

• fill up the line with lots of words

• compare the drips to a waterfall

• keep the reader awake.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

How can the reader tell that this is a narrative poem?

• The poem contains words that appeal to the senses.

• The speaker of the poem shares his or her feelings.

• The poem has lines that make the reader laugh.

• The events described in the poem tell a story.