Celebrate the season of spring with a poem. After reading a four-stanza poem about the season, sixth grade readers respond to 10 reading comprehension questions that have them thinking about the purpose, imagery, and other types of figurative language used in the poem.

Concepts

spring, poetry

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the resource as an instructional tool, in small learning groups, or give as independent practice
• Instruct readers to highlight their answers within the text, demonstrating an understanding of the answers they chose

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes readers are familiar with the parts of a poem including stanzas and lines
• Best given to the class on the first day of spring or during a poetry unit

Pros

• Meets specific Common Core standards
• Comes with an answer key for straightforward assessment

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.6.2 RL.6.10 L.6.4.a L.6.6