The Red Wheelbarrow

What is the theme of The Red Wheelbarrow?

• When it rains, white chickens look even whiter

• An everyday object, such as a wheelbarrow, can be important.

• Objects that are red are very important

• Chickens make a mess of red wheelbarrows

Which THREE things could be in the "I Notice" column of your I Notice, I Wonder Chart for the Red Wheelbarrow?

• The chickens are laughing

• The chickens are white

• The wheelbarrow is wet

• The chickens are brown

• The wheelbarrow is red

Which TWO details support the theme (supporting details)?

• He wrote, “Beside the white chickens.” The color of the red wheelbarrow against the white chickens makes it seem important.

• He wrote, “rain water,” and this makes the wheelbarrow seem more important than if it was wet from tap water

• He wrote, “So much depends upon the red wheelbarrow,” and the word depends tells us that someone or something relies on it.

Which THREE things could be in the "I Wonder" column of your I Notice, I Wonder Chart for the Red Wheelbarrow?

• Is the city busy in the morning?

• Who's chickens are the white chickens?

• What book are they reading?

• Where do the chickens live?

• What is the wheelbarrow used for?

Which could be an inference you could make after reading The Red Wheelbarrow?

• The chickens are mad

• Kids play with the wheelbarrow

• It rained recently

• They live at the beach

In the poem "The Red Wheelbarrow", what were the animals beside the red wheelbarrow?

• cows

• horses

• chickens

• pigs

Look closely at the poem, especially the 4 sets of two lines (couplets). What farm equipment / tool are the shapes of the couplets similar to?

• a chicken

• a wheelbarrow

• a raindrop

• a shovel

After reading the poem "The Red Wheelbarrow", the boy thought any words could be a poem. "You've just got to have ___________ ____________".

• rhyming words

• short lines

• more than 4 lines

• interesting details

You can push this around and it has one wheel.

• Wheelbarow

• Wheelbarrow

• Whellbarrow

• Weelbarow

In the poem “The Red Wheelbarrow”, what animal is mentioned?

• Cat

• Dog

• Chicken

• Pigs