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1) What words are used by the poet in the first stanza to describe children? Answer: This poem gives some instructions like rules to children, the attitude they should have in order to be happy .Poet said that children you are very small in size,you are very senstive if you wants to be strong than you should behave calm and quite. The author is telling to children that they have to try to walk calmly and not fast; they have to be quiet and oberve the others, this is the best way to learn everything. 2) What must children do to grow up well and be grand? Answer: children want simple diet for growing up well and to be grand. 3) What is advice offered by the poet to the children in the second stanza? Answer: the advice offered by a poet to the children is to be bright and quite taking content with simple deit.

2. Pick out pair of rhyming words and put them in the form of rhyming scheme. Explain stanza I:little, brittle, stately, sedately Answer: all these are the rhyming words Little and brittle Stately and sedately bright and quite faces and places ages and sages unruly and unduly glory and story babies and gabies

Little-small in size Brittle-hard but liable to break easily. Stately- impressive or grand in size, appearance, or manner. Sedately calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement for example-a sedate party; a sedate horse. Bright-gleam Quite- completely, wholly, or entirely Facesthe front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin. Places- a particular portion of space ages - the length of time during which a being or thing has existed sages- person famed for wisdom.

Unruly- unmanageable, uncontrollable, Unduly- in an inappropriate, unjustifiable Glory- very great praise, honor Story- a narrative, either true or fictitious babies - an infant or very young child. Gabies- a fool

3. Pick out the adjectives from the poems and find their opposites. ( work in pair) Little-big Great-small, Bright-dim,dull That Honest-dishonest How Happy-sad Innocent guilty, Quite-noise

2-My Watch
by Liana Mahoney

Question1: In the first stanza of the poem, the word watch has different meanings. What are the two meanings of the word watch?

Answer: In the first stanza of the poem,the word watch has different meaning.Watch is a verb, meaning to look at something. Watch is also be a noun, meaning a small timepiece that you wear on your wrist. Question2: Line 15 reads: I guess you must feel glee Define the word glee. Use a dictionary if you need help?
Answer: glee means happiness question3. What is the poet thinking in the last two stanzas of the poem? a. The watch probably enjoys taking a break when the battery dies. b. The watch probably gets bored keeping track of the time. c. The watch will probably stop working soon. d. The watch gets confused when it stops
Answer: a. The watch probably enjoys taking a break when the battery dies.

4. Do you think the poet is writing about a digital watch or a watch with hands?

How can you tell? Answer: The poet is probably talking about to a watch with hands because she can hear the tick-tock sounds of the watch.

3-The Spelling Bee

by B.J. Lee
question 1. Which choice describes the main idea of the poem? a. A person enters a spelling bee and only spells flower words correctly. b. A person enters a spelling bee. She misspells easy words, but correctly spells difficult words. c. A person enters a real bee into a spelling bee. The bee spells all words correctly. d. A person enters a bee into a spelling bee. The bee correctly spells the names of flowers. answer:. A person enters a bee into a spelling bee. The bee correctly spells the names of flowers.

complete the table:

Words the Spelling Bee Spells Correctly

Words the Spelling Bee Spells Incorrectly

Answer:

question3. What is the genre of this poem? a. historical fiction c. science fiction b. realistic fiction d. fantasy Answer: fantasy 4. Which word would the Spelling Bee most likely misspell? a. daffodil c. violet b. petal d. buttercup

answer. Petal