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1. This is from a poem about a mythical monster. The name of the monster is the last word of each verse. What is it?
"Then you rose up
from the table
with a bellow
and a whine.
You went lurching,
you were searching
for some dinner,"
2. "Mary had a little frog.
The frog croaked every day.
And Mary always wondered
What the frog was trying to say."
Later in this poem Mary kisses the frog. What does it turn into?
3. "The locker room smells nasty,
And my gym shoes smell like feet.
My socks smell like they're made of cheese
Or spoiled rotten meat."
Based on the extract above, what do you think this poem is called?
4. "My dog chewed up my homework.
He slobbered on it, too.
So now my homework's ripped to shreds
and full of slimy _____"
What word do you think completes this verse?
5. "I can't do a thing with my hairdo.
I've tried, but it's simply no use.
I can't make it stay where I put it today
with styling gel, hair spray, or mousse."
Sometimes it isn't just the children who have a reason why they don't want to go to school. In this poem which adult do you think is having a bad hair day?
6. "They torture nose and taste buds
with both hamburger and spuds.
There are meatballs in a gravy that's
like iridescent ____"
Describing a school lunch, what word would you use to complete the last line?
7. "I'm just as clean as clean can be.
You won't find any dirt.
I rubbed my mouth clean with my hands,
then wiped them on my shirt."
The person in this poem is trying to convince his mother that he doesn't need something. What is the something?
8. "I thought I saw a ghost last night -
a goblin or a ghoul,
an ugly little creature
oozing salivary drool."
Sometimes our mind plays tricks on us in the dark. What did the child see? It definitely was not a ghost.
9. "It's always been a wish of mine
(or should I say a dream)
to scare my sister half to death
and hear her piercing scream."
So, the little girl puts bugs in her sister's bed, but what does her sister put in her bed that is even worse?
10. "The wolf on the hill as he cries to the moon,
the cricket who chirps with a sweet, simple tune,
the snap of the campfire that's keeping me warm,
the thunder and roll of a far-distant storm."
Who do you think might be describing sleeping out of doors?
Source: Author
Christinap
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