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NewsELA: “Northern Lights”: A poem by Raeha Khazanchi

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7 questions

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Instructions

This is based on NewsELA's published poem“ Northern Lights”: A poem by Raeha Khazanchi , Stone Soup on 12.09.21

This Formative is based on the White and Black IRLA levels

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How does the figurative language make the reader understand the poem better? Provide at least one example.

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What emotions do the words and phrases in the poem make you feel? Explain

Which lines from the poem help the reader understand how the snow gets colored?

When those northern lights shine / Spewing out rainbows

Until it settles for a violet blue the color of blueberries. / When the snow turns green

When purple and blue dances with my hair, / Turning it purple then blue then purple again

We all know that the sky has turned on / A private play

What types of figurative language are used in this poem?

personification

hyperbole

simile

metaphor

Read the lines from the poem. 

And my house, black,
We all know that the sky has turned on 
A private playThat only we get to see. 

What inference can the reader make based on these lines?

The house of the poet’s family is black as they put on a play.

The northern lights put on a show for the poet’s family

The poet’s family puts on a play in their house at night.

The sky is dark while the poet’s house is filled with lights.

Read the lines from the poem. 

A private play
That only we get to see. 

What does the word “private” mean?

turning into something new

full of bright colors

making something darker

for a small group

Read the lines from the poem.

Spewing out rainbows
To color the snow.

What does the poet mean by the word “spewing”?

shining very brightly

coloring fully

sending lots of something

creating slowly