Children Walk on Chairs to Cross a Flooded Schoolyard

What is the author's view on mystery?

• Believes in mystery
• Doesn't believe in mystery
• Unsure about mystery
• Doesn't mention mystery

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What do the children in the poem do?

• Walk on chairs
• Cross a flooded schoolyard
• Hold out their arms
• Teach others how to move

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the author reminded of in America?

• Carrying a child up the stairs
• The sound of bells
• The season of greedy gods
• Teaching children to move with natural gravity

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the primary setting of the poem?

• A flooded schoolyard
• a quiet park
• a beach during a storm

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do the children use to navigate the flooded area?

• chairs
• ropes
• boards
• bridge

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How do the children feel as they walk on chairs?

• fearful
• anxious
• bored
• carefree

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What theme is explored in the poem?

• The beauty of nature
• the resilience of childhood
• the importance of education
• the chaos of nature

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"small foot kissing the chairs wood"

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• idiom

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"its the season of greedy gods. "

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

what sound device does this have ""its the season of greedy gods "

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• connsonance
• repetition

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9