Asking and Answering Questions with Poetry — Grade 4

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Poems use few words. If your 4th grade English learners don't understand what the poem says or who is speaking, they can't answer the questions. This lesson breaks the skill into small, visible steps: one question word at a time, a model, practice asking, practice answering, and proof from the stanza and line.

What's inside

• Start Here guide with one-click "Make a copy" buttons for the Google Slides and Google Form
• Google Slides: 2 lessons, 64 slides, speaker notes marked I DO · WE DO · YOU DO
• Student packet (14 pages): vocabulary fluency drills, 2 original poems with numbered stanzas, a 2-page question organizer, Practice 1–3, 2 extra practice poems, and a "How did I do?" self-check
• Google Form Check-Up: 2 new poems, 16 questions, self-grading (18 points)
• Teacher guide: 6-session plan, answer keys, scoring rubric, rubric for student-written questions, mastery tracker, and next teaching steps

Learning target: I can ask and answer questions to understand what a poem is saying and who is speaking.

Language objective: I can say, then write, a complete-sentence answer using words from the poem.

Made for ESL small groups, reading intervention, and tutoring. Original poems.

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