The Red Wheelbarrowby

William Carlos William

Readiness Standard3.8 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.Supportive Standard3.6 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).

so much dependsupon a red wheelbarrowglazed with rainwaterbeside the whitechickens.

so much depends upon a red wheel 3 barrow glazed with rain water 6 beside the white chickens.

• 3.6A describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse)

This poem is an example of a free verse poem because• A) it tells a story• B) has a funny ending• C) it does not rhyme and it does

not follow standard form• D) it describes feelings

so much depends upon a red wheel 3 barrow glazed with rain water 6 beside the white chickens.

• 3.2B ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details about stories and other texts and support answers with evidence from text

What is the speaker talking about in this poem?

• A) the speaker is describing a red wheelbarrow

• B) the speaker is talking about rain• C) the speaker is talking about the

importance of a wheel barrow• D) the speaker is talking about a

farm

so much depends upon a red wheel 3 barrow glazed with rain water 6 beside the white chickens.

• 3.4B use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple meaning words and homograph

In line 4 the word glazed means• A) hit• B) touched• C) form a smooth, wet, shine• D) form a sticky cover

so much depends upon a red wheel 3 barrow glazed with rain water 6 beside the white chickens.

• 3.6 understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse). Fig. 19D make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understandingThe speaker uses one broken sentence mainly to

• A) describe a red wheel barrow• B) describe a farm• C) describe a raining day• D) describe a picture or scene

so much depends upon a red wheel 3 barrow glazed with rain water 6 beside the white chickens.

• 3.6 understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse). Fig. 19D make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding

By the end of the poem the reader realizes that the speaker used words such as red and white• A) to help the reader visualize a

picture or painting • B) to help the reader like the poem• C) to describe a wheel barrow • D) to describe a chicken