Poetry Fluency - Worksheet 4
Grade 5•Reading•Poetry Fluency
Aligned to: RF.5.4b
Read the poem "A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson. Read the poem aloud with expression.
1.
A Bird Came Down the Walk
by Emily Dickinson
poetry · 107 words
11 A bird came down the walk:
2 2 He did not know I saw;
3 3 He bit an angle-worm in halves
4 4 And ate the fellow raw,
5 5 And then he drank a dew
6 6 From a convenient grass,
7 7 And then hopped sidewise to the wall
8 8 To let a beetle pass.
9 9 He glanced with rapid eyes
1010 That hurried all abroad,—
1111 They looked like frightened beads, I thought;
1212 He stirred his velvet head
1313 Like one in danger; cautious,
1414 I offered him a crumb,
1515 And he unrolled his feathers
1616 And rowed him softer home
1717 Than oars divide the ocean,
1818 Too silver for a seam,
1919 Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
2020 Leap, plashless, as they swim.
Answer the 6 questions below.
2.
What tone or feeling should you use when reading this poem aloud?
A.calm and peaceful
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?
7.
How would you describe the rhythm of this poem?