Poetry Fluency - Worksheet 3
Grade 4•Reading•Poetry Fluency
Aligned to: RF.4.4b
Read the poem "Bed in Summer" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read the poem aloud with expression.
1.
Bed in Summer
by Robert Louis Stevenson
poetry · 86 words
11 In winter I get up at night
2 2 And dress by yellow candle-light.
3 3 In summer, quite the other way,
4 4 I have to go to bed by day.
5 5 I have to go to bed and see
6 6 The birds still hopping on the tree,
7 7 Or hear the grown-up people's feet
8 8 Still going past me in the street.
9 9 And does it not seem hard to you,
1010 When all the sky is clear and blue,
1111 And I should like so much to play,
1212 To have to go to bed by day?
Answer the 5 questions below.
2.
What tone or feeling should you use when reading this poem aloud?
A.fun and joyful
B.angry and loud
C.sad and slow
D.very quiet and boring
3.
Should you read this poem fast or slow?
A.Slow and carefully
B.Fast and excited
C.Normal speed
D.Very quietly
4.
Which words should you emphasize when reading this poem?
5.
Practice reading this poem aloud. What feeling does it give you?
6.
Which line in the poem is the most important? Why?