New life
By: Mr. Mendoza
After months and months passing waiting to see
the new life that was promised to me.
The long harsh winter is now in the past,
and the wonders of spring is coming in fast.
Rain is falling and flowers are blooming,
I know now that a big event is looming.
I sit one evening watching the clouds straggle by,
when all in a sudden something catches my eye.
My wife comes and tells me that the time has come
to meet the child we have come to know and love.
That morning was beautiful, the day that she came,
the flowers had bloomed due to the past rain.
It was a wonderful feeling that came to pass,
and I wanted so badly that feeling to last.
Three wonderful seasons of Spring flew by
when again my wife caught my eye.
She told me it’s time, to welcome new life!
The author infers that rain is necessary to help make new flowers grow. Choose the best two lines from the poem that best support this idea.
How would the poem "New Life" be different if it were written as a story?
Read the line from the poem:
I sit one evening watching the clouds straggle by
What does the word straggle mean?
How does the use of separate stanzas help the reader to better understand the main idea of the poem?
Which sentence best describes the theme of this poem?
What line from the poem supports your answer to what the theme of the poem is?
What is the best summary for the poem "New Life?"
The wind and the leaves
- George Cooper.
"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day, " Come over the meadows with me and play. Put on your dresses of red and gold; For summer is gone, and the days grow cold."
Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call, Down they came fluttering, one and all. O'er the brown field then they danced and flew Singing the soft little songs they knew.
Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went, Winter had called them, and they were content. Soon, fast asleep on their earthy beds, The snow laid a coverlet over their heads.
At the end of the poem what can you infer about the leaves?
What is the theme of "The Wind and the Leaves?"
How many stanzas are in the poem "The wind and the leaves"?
How many lines are in the poem "The Wind and the Leaves"?
True or False. This poem has rhyming.
What lines in the poem rhyme?
Write 3 words that show imagery from the poem "The Wind and the Leaves"
Write the sentence below correctly with the proper punctuation.
what is your favorite sport to play on the weekend
Read the stanza below: Write one word from the stanza that has a "vowel team", "r-control", and "magic e"
After months and months passing waiting to see
the new life that was promised to me.
The long harsh winter is now in the past,
and the wonders of spring is coming in fast.