The Poem That Will Not End

What does the word careening mean as it is used in the poem?

• talking loudly

• moving swiftly

• wishing earnestly

• thinking seriously

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does the reader learn about the narrator in the first three stanzas?

• He is hungry

• He drums all the time

• He learns how to clap.

• He has been seized by rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What does the boy most likely mean when he writes that he has been “captured”?

• He cannot leave school until he writes a poem

• He cannot go outdoors while it is raining so hard

• He cannot stop writing poetry although he wants to.

• He cannot flee the cafeteria before he cleans the table.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

How does the narrator most likely feel toward the end of the poem when he goes to school?

• He is eager to write a poem.

• He is tired from writing poetry all night.

• He is disappointed that he forgot to write a poem.

• He is worried his classmates will not like his poetry.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What happens at the end of the poem?

• Ms. Frost asks the kids to write a poem, but the narrator cannot think of anything to write.

• Ms. Frost wants the kids to write about spring, but the narrator asks to write about winter.

• Students in the class ask the narrator to help them write poems.

• The narrator writes a poem on his bathroom mirror.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5