My Favorite Day

Read the following selection and then answer the questions. My favorite day is SaturdayI like to go outside and play.The day is like a burst of lightThe day is the moon in the dead of night.My favorite day is FridaySaturday’s only a day away.My excitement is a bottled rocketI feel like the grasshopper in my shirt pocket.My favorite day is SundayLazy, sleepy, do nothing fun day.I yawn like a lion before a napMy arms and legs and toes are sap.My favorite day is not Monday.“Get out of bed!” I hear my mom say.Like a tiger, I growl, “it’s not fair!”Waiting for Friday, I am a bear. 1. Which words rhyme in each stanza of the poem? The last words in the second and fourth lines The last words in the third and fourth lines The last words in the first and third lines The last words in every line 2. What can the reader conclude about the speaker? He doesn’t like Monday. He likes to fly rockets. He likes tigers and lions. He plays around a lot on Sunday. 3. Read this dictionary entry.Which definition of fair is used in stanza 4? Definition 1 Definition 2 Definition 3 Definition 4 4. Which poetic structure is NOT found in the poem? Stanzas Rhyming Lines Shape 5. How does the author organize the stanzas? Each stanza explains how the speaker feels on different days Each stanza describes a different animal. Each stanza talks about space. Each stanza describes the speaker’s worst day. 6. Read the following lines from the poem.These lines suggest that the speaker — Likes to rest on Sundays Stayed up late on Saturday night Keeps very busy on Sundays Needs to do his homework 7. In stanza 4, the reader can conclude that the speaker - wants his mom to go with him to school can’t wait to see his friends at school is not quite happy about going to school is sick and needs to stay in bed 8. The structure of the poem helps the reader know that it is - free verse narrative lyrical rhyming 9. The poem is mostly about - things kids do at school learning the days of the week a kid telling why he likes certain days of the week things the speaker does every day of the week 10. The purpose of this selection is to - convince the reader that Sunday is the best day of the week teach the names of the week show the reader that all days are special show the speaker’s feelings about the days of the week Take a picture of your paper poem with the notes first. Then insert the picture using the insert image buttonThen click on the window that pops up to look for your image.