Monarchs on the move
Monarch poem
Commoanlities
STAAR Words
Miscellaneous
100

What is the title of the first passage?

Monarchs on the Move

100

How many Stanzas are in the poem?

6

100

Which idea do BOTH the passage, “Monarch on the Move” and the poem, “Monarch Magic” emphasize?

A.Monarch butterflies are orange.

B.Monarch butterflies migrate south every year. 

C.Monarch butterflies aren’t thriving as much because people are killing milkweed plants. 

D.Monarch butterflies need help in order to survive. 

B. Monarch butterflies migrate south every year.

100

What does it mean when they ask for the controlling idea of the selection?

They are asking for the main idea or thesis.

100

When reading a question, what does the word selection mean?

The passage

200

What are the two pictures of in the passage?

A migration chart and a Monarch Butterfly with a Tracking sticker

200

Like sails catching a sudden gust

Those frail folded flaps unfurl;

What type of figurative language is the author using?

simile

200

One of the major differences is in the ending of the poem.  How does the poem end?

A. sadness  B. Wonder   C. Hope   D. Dissapointment

Hope

200

This is when you make an educated guess about a passage on what you know.

Inference

200

When reading a question, what does the word conclude mean?

What can you figure out or what is the conclusion you can come to.

300

What does the word allies mean?

Friends

300

Read lines 6 and 7. Question 1 after the Monarch Magic poem.

The poet uses the simile in these lines to describe what?

G. The quickness and fullness of the butterfly's spreding wings.

300

What does migration mean?

to move from one place to live in another.

300

What is the infromation(evidence) that supports your answers?

Textual evidence

300

Number 3 for Monarch Magic:
Which lines from the poem best express the speaker's anticipation of a future event?

F. Cracking the capsule of crystal that captures           Your beautiful body and budding wings.

400

Look at number 1. What is the answer?

C. By emphasizing how retoring monarch habitats can help bring back the monarch population.

400

Question #2.  The poet includes stanzas 1 through 3 most likely to -

A. descibe the actions of the butterfly as a beautiful event.

400

What is the author's purpose for the both the poem and the article about Monarch butterflies?

To show the beauty and movement of the butterflies

400

When a question asks, "what can the reader conclude..."  What is the question asking for?

What can we figure out or what answer can we get to.

400

What is the answer to number 1 in Monarchs on the Move?

C. Carter's efforts to help butterflies have been successful.

500

Look at number 2. What is the answer?

J. A problem faced by monarch butterflies is beginning to recieve public attention.

500

Number 3.

Why does the poet include a simile in line 22?

D. To express the idea that the area will be less beautiful without the butterflies.

500

One difference between the article and the poem, is that the article is:

A the migration route that monarchs take every year B. how monarch butterflies break out of their crysalis C. monarchs have a clear goal in mind in migration.    D. The beauty of the Monarch butterfly

Look in Paragraph 6

C. Monarchs have a clear goal in mind in migration.

500

Tone is what the___________ uses

Mood is how the ___________feels

author

reader

500

What is the answer for number 3 for Monarchs on the move?

C. Migrating monarchs are often unable to find the milkweed they need.