Misc.
What is Jack's teacher's name?
Miss Stretchberry
What was the color of Jack's dog?
Yellow
Why does Jack not want to write poetry at first?
"because boys / don't write poetry. / girls do"
What does Jack say first about the poem with the red wheelbarrow?
"I don't understand/the poem about/ the red wheelbarrow"
What is a group of lines called in a poem?
Stanza
What number is Jack's classroom
What was the name of Jack's dog?
Sky
What does Jack let the teacher do with his "two blue car poems"?
Put them on the board
What was the name of the "snowy woods" poem?
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
What do you call the sound created by the words and number of words in each line.
Rhythm
What does Ms. Stretchberry write instead of Jack's name on the two blue car poems?
Anonymous
Where did Jack find sky?
At the shelter
What does Jack not want to write about at first?
His dog
Who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening?"
Robert Frost
What is it called when a word or group of words is used more than once in a poem?
Repetition
What does Jack say is wrong with his poems that Ms. Stretchberry put up on the board?
There should be more space between the lines.
What did Jack say his dog said when it was standing in its cage at the shelter?
"Choose Me!"
He thinks they were making pictures with words and their teacher put them up on the board like his.
Who wrote the poem "The Pasture"?
Robert Frost
What does Jack say that poems do?
Make pictures with words.
What poem does Ms. Stretchberry read the first week of school?
"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams
How does Jack describe his dog in "You Come To"
"his paws curled / around the wire / and his long red tongue / hanging out / and his big black eyes / looking a little sad / and his long tail / wag-wag-wagging"
How is Jack's street different from the street in "Street Music?"
It does not have loud music and it is not in the middle of a city.
What was the narrator of "The Pasture" going to clean?
The Pasture Spring
What is the name of Jack's poem about choosing his dog from the pound?
"You Come Too"