Poetry Task Cards

The descriptions in the fourth stanza help the reader picture the children-

• upsetting their father

• not going to bed

• playing upstairs

• trying to be sneaky

The caterpillar is most likely-

• worried

• scared

• happy

• brave

What is happening in the second stanza?

• The lily is drying out

• The lily is happy to be in the sun

• The lily got too much rain

• The lily needs more sunshine

The descriptive language in the third stanza helps the reader picture-

• The beach

• A shell

• The ocean

• A crab

What is the poem really talking about?

• The time when the wind and the leaves played together

• The time in the year where it begins to get cold

• The time for leaves to fall from the trees and blow in the wind

• The time when leaves turn colors and like to go out to play

The descriptive language in the poem helps the reader picture-

• when you are able to see the wind

• where the wind tends to blow

• what the wind looks like on a windy day

• how you can see the wind moving through the trees

Which lines from the poem rhyme?

• A-riding on a pony, and called it macaroni

• Yankee Doodle keep it up, mind the music and step

• Father and I went down to camp, and there we saw the men and boys

• And there we saw a thousand men and what they wasted every day,

Why does the poet repeat the same final line in each stanza?

• To explain why the land is so special

• To emphasize the land is for everyone

• To show people they are important

• To describe what the land looks like

Which line from the poem best shows where the British might come from?

• Of the midnight ride or Paul revere,

• One if by land, and two if by sea.

• Ready to ride and spread the alarm

• Through every village and farm.

What can the reader conclude about how the speaker feels in the first stanza?

• Safe

• Warm

• Scared

• Sleepy