Before you read the poem, look at the title of the poem and at the pictures. Talk about what the poem will be about. Then read the poem aloud to feel the rhythm. Break up the bolded words into syllables.
Read the poem and then answer these questions.
What pets does Belinda have?
Find words in the poem that rhyme with these words.
Look at the poem and then underline all the adjectives used to describe her pets.
Find words in the poem that rhyme with these words.
| mouse | nose | teeth | wagon |
Look at the poem and then underline all the adjectives used to describe her pets.
| pet | Describing words |
| dog | |
| cat | |
| mouse | |
| dragon |
| Now say what words the writer uses to describe the following: |
| the dragon's nose |
| the dragon's mouth | the dragon's teeth |
| the wagon |
Now write a poem of your own. Write about a pet. First write some words to describe the pet and then some words that rhyme with them.
Write your poem in rough and let your friend read it. Then after you have corrected it, write it neatly in the space below.
Do you remember what personal pronouns are? Underline the personal pronoun in each of these sentences.
| PERSONAL PRONOUNS | |
|---|---|
| I | me |
| we | us |
| you | you |
| he | his |
| she | her |
| it | it |
| they | them |
