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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 5 Reading Foundation - Poetry (Questions)

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Stories and poetry should be read aloud for certain reasons. One reason is so the student reads the text accurately. They should also be reading it at an appropriate rate and with expression. Reading prose and poetry orally should be done frequently. In this quiz, students will read a poem and answer the questions about reading it orally.

Poem - Elephants

Stomping along the trail,
With riders and supplies on their backs
They carry, transport, and assist
Tribe members make the elephants rely upon them.

Up on their back legs
The animals follow the commands
Trainer whips his lead
Applause for the entertainment.

Behind bars and trapped
Elephants wander and live
Every so often people wave to them
They eat and sleep, eat and sleep, eat and sleep.

In a large vast space,
Roaming for miles and acres
Still in captivity
Seems like the wild

Using their trunks as defensive tools
To ward off an attacking cheetah,
These animals must fend off predators
And search for food themselves.
1. Read the poem - Elephants above.
With what expression should the third stanza be read?
[ ] With a happy tone
[ ] With a bored tone
[ ] With an excited tone
[ ] With a loud voice
2. Read the poem - Elephants above.
How should the last stanza be expressed when reading it aloud?
[ ] With a confused tone
[ ] With a joyful tone
[ ] With a soft voice
[ ] With a scared tone
3. Read the poem - Elephants above.
How should the first stanza be read?
[ ] In a tired way
[ ] In an energetic way
[ ] In a crazy way
[ ] In an angry way
4. Read the poem - Elephants above.
At what point should the student pause while reading the poem?
[ ] After each word
[ ] After each line
[ ] After each stanza
[ ] After each few words
5. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Why should the student read the poem a little slower than reading a story?
[ ] Because the audience would not understand the message if not read slower
[ ] In order to create a more dramatic effect
[ ] Because poems usually contain more difficult words than stories
[ ] So the audience can memorize the poem
6. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the first stanza?
[ ] In a zoo
[ ] In the wild
[ ] In a reserve
[ ] In a village
7. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the second stanza?
[ ] In a circus
[ ] In a zoo
[ ] In a reserve
[ ] In the wild
8. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the third stanza?
[ ] In the wild
[ ] In a village
[ ] In a circus
[ ] In a zoo
9. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the fourth stanza?
[ ] In a zoo
[ ] In a reserve
[ ] In a village
[ ] In a circus
10. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the fifth stanza?
[ ] In the wild
[ ] In a reserve
[ ] In a village
[ ] In a zoo
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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 5 Reading Foundation - Poetry (Answers)
1. Read the poem - Elephants above.
With what expression should the third stanza be read?
[ ] With a happy tone
[x] With a bored tone
[ ] With an excited tone
[ ] With a loud voice
Since the elephants are bored, the stanza should be read with a bored tone
2. Read the poem - Elephants above.
How should the last stanza be expressed when reading it aloud?
[ ] With a confused tone
[ ] With a joyful tone
[ ] With a soft voice
[x] With a scared tone
This stanza should be read in an angry or scared way
3. Read the poem - Elephants above.
How should the first stanza be read?
[x] In a tired way
[ ] In an energetic way
[ ] In a crazy way
[ ] In an angry way
Since the elephants are having to do labor, they would be tired
4. Read the poem - Elephants above.
At what point should the student pause while reading the poem?
[ ] After each word
[ ] After each line
[x] After each stanza
[ ] After each few words
A pause should take place after each stanza
5. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Why should the student read the poem a little slower than reading a story?
[ ] Because the audience would not understand the message if not read slower
[x] In order to create a more dramatic effect
[ ] Because poems usually contain more difficult words than stories
[ ] So the audience can memorize the poem
Poems are written for songs and for dramatic effect
6. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the first stanza?
[ ] In a zoo
[ ] In the wild
[ ] In a reserve
[x] In a village
This elephant is in a village since it is working
7. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the second stanza?
[x] In a circus
[ ] In a zoo
[ ] In a reserve
[ ] In the wild
A trainer would most likely be at a zoo
8. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the third stanza?
[ ] In the wild
[ ] In a village
[ ] In a circus
[x] In a zoo
This elephant is in a zoo behind bars
9. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the fourth stanza?
[ ] In a zoo
[x] In a reserve
[ ] In a village
[ ] In a circus
This elephant is in a reserve where it can roam around, but is still enclosed
10. Read the poem - Elephants above.
Where is the elephant in the fifth stanza?
[x] In the wild
[ ] In a reserve
[ ] In a village
[ ] In a zoo
Since the elephant must protect itself, it is in the wild
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