Grade 4: ELA; Poetry MCAS

Based on “Ice Can Scream,” the speaker sees ice as a sign of the

Read lines 9–12 from “Ice Can Scream” in the box below

"Ice can call,

Ice can yell

Secrets no one

Else can tell."

In the lines, what does the poet make the ice seem like?

In “Winter Songs,” the speaker compares hail to

Which of the following best shows that both “Ice Can Scream” and “Winter Songs” are poems?

Read lines 1 and 2 from “Winter Songs” below.

"The winter sings a windy song

That hustles rusty leaves along."

What does the word hustles mean as it is used in the lines?